The Rice Bulldogs will take on the Blue Ridge Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rice hasn't scored more than six points for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Rice will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 29-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Gateway Charter Academy on Friday. Rice's defense stepped up to hand Gateway Charter Academy a 2-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge humbled Howe with a 55-14 victory. Considering the Tigers have won five contests by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Blue Ridge's victory 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 games.
Blue Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, 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 Rice, their win bumped their record up to 4-6.
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