Ray and Carroll are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Ray Texans will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Carroll Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Ray will be strutting in after a win while Carroll will be coming in after a loss.
If Carroll heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Ray took over last week. Ray narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Corpus Christi Moody 23-21. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Texans.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Brian Mccullum and he. Mccullum rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries while he rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance also gave Anthony Salinas a new career-high in rushing yards (143).
Ray was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 92.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 185.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Carroll faced off against Gregory-Portland on Thursday. Carroll was beaten by Gregory-Portland 42-7. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Ray's win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6. As for Carroll, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Ray took a serious blow against Carroll in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 41-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carroll's Robert Muhammad, who rushed for 146 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Now that Ray knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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