The Floyd Broncos will square off against the Grady Bronchos at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
Floyd is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Roy/Mosquero, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Floyd was ranked 22nd). Floyd was dealt a 59-6 defeat at the hands of Roy/Mosquero on Friday. The game was over by the end of the first half, with no points scored by either team from that point forward.
Meanwhile, Grady came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with a 58-37 win. The result was nothing new for the Bronchos, who have now won six contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Trey Rush continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 203 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, while also picking up 63 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Zander Ciancio, who threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Grady was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Grady wouldn't let Elida keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rush was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
This is the second loss in a row for Floyd and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Grady, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Floyd was taken down by Grady 58-6 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Floyd, Zane Rush (who rushed for 124 yards and five touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 56 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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