Ray and Miller are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Ray Texans are taking a road trip to face off against the Miller Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Ray will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They came up short against Carroll, falling 31-10. The Texans haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the loss, Ray saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Tripp Thompson threw for 218 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 48 yards.
Meanwhile, Miller had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 58.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Wildcats, posting a 62-35 win. The result was nothing new for the Buccaneers, who have now won seven contests by 27 points or more so far this season.
Broderick Taylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 264 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. Eathan Vela did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 123 receiving yards.
Miller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Miller has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.2 points per game. As for Ray, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Ray took a serious blow against Miller in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 68-14. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ray was down 38-7.
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