Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Scurry-Rosser). They blew past the Rice Bulldogs 68-14 at home on Friday. With the Wildcats ahead 65-14 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Scurry-Rosser had a senior duo take command as Ralph Miller rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries and Levi Jones threw for 229 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes. Jones' posted a season-high passer rating of 171.1. A healthy portion of that aerial production (98 yards to be exact) went to Jax Perkins, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Scurry-Rosser was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 404 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
The victory (which was Scurry-Rosser's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. As for Rice, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Scurry-Rosser will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Gateway Charter Academy at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Rice will also get a bit of a break before their next game: they'll face off against Inspired Vision at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Rice is facing Inspired Vision at the right time seeing as Inspired Vision is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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