Blue Ridge won the last time they faced Howe, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Blue Ridge Tigers took their game with ease, bagging a 55-14 victory over the Howe Bulldogs. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
A big part of Blue Ridge's win came down to the chemistry between Micah Dickerson and his top target Ryder Clayton. Dickerson threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes while Clayton gained 215 total yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Dickerson a new career-high in rushing yards (93). Another player making a difference was Caleb Gaddis, who picked up 112 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Blue Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Although Howe took the loss, they still got scores from Braden Ulmer and Rylan Strong.
Blue Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.8 points per game. As for Howe, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Blue Ridge will take on Rice at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Blue Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.7 points per game this season. Howe does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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