Parents & Supporters:

The McGill-Toolen Yellow Jackets, coming off the bye week, hit the road Thursday for a private school Double-A division game at Houston Academy.

GAME INFO

McT (4-1, 3-0 in private school Double-A) travels to Houston Academy (0-4, 0-3) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1.

TICKET AND PARKING INFO

Tickets are available on GoFan.

ABOUT THE SERIES

This will be the first game the Jackets and Raiders play against each other.

LAST GAME

McGill-Toolen 38, Faith Academy 0

Kevin Daughtry ran for 230 yards and two touchdowns, and Dylan Brown added two more rushing scores in the win.

Daughtry scored on runs of 35 and 53 yards in the first half. Bo Miller’s 11-yard TD pass to Kaden Thrash, who made a twisting, one-handed grab in the end zone gave the Yellow Jackets a 21-0 lead at the break.

Brown scored on runs of 16 and 41 yards in the second half, and Ollie Poiroux finished the scoring with a 32-yard field goal in the final minute.

UMS-Wright 42, Houston Academy 14

Richard Scott scored three touchdowns as UMS-Wright won its fourth straight game, while holding Houston Academy winless on the season on Friday, Sept. 18.

Scott finished with 6 receptions for 131 yards and 11 rushes for 66 yards.

WHAT THE COACH IS SAYING

“After a productive bye week, we are excited to get back on the field and continue region play. Thursday night's game will give us an opportunity to continue to chase the region title and test our ability to go on the road and play well against a quality opponent. We are looking forward to the challenge.” - McGill-Toolen head coach David Faulkner

WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING

“McGill-Toolen is one of 3 teams in Class AA that are still undefeated, and the Jackets should be in good shape to improve to 4-0 in region play this week if the running game continues to shine as it has done all season. No one on the Gulf Coast has the backfield attack like the Jackets and if the weather plays a part Thursday night, the Jackets ground game should still cause big problems for Houston Academy.”  – Pigskin Pete, WNSP-FM

COACH’S KEYS TO VICTORY

Coach Faulkner breaks down tonight’s game.

OFFENSE:

1. Limit penalties: Must play clean on the road. We cannot afford operational errors that lead to pre-snap penalties

2. Get wide receivers involved early and often

3. As always, no turnovers and win first and third downs

DEFENSE:

1. Eleven hats to the ball: Must pursue the ball and get as many defenders involved as possible

2. Create turnovers: Need takeaways

3. Limit opponents big plays: Can't give up explosive plays

SPECIAL TEAMS:

1. Win the field position battle: Create positive field position through the kicking game

2. Score on special teams: Kick returns / field goals / extra points - every point matters

3. Elite coverage on cover teams: Limit opponents return yards

DAUGHTRY ON A TEAR

Daughtry averaged 15 yards a carry against Faith, finishing with 230 yards on 13 carries. He now has a team-high 610 rushing yards on the season through five games. That’s an eye-popping 122 rushing yards a game.

THRASH A PRIMARY TARGET

Five of McT’s six passes completed against Faith went to Kaden Thrash, who finished with 47 receiving yards. The senior leads the catches (14) and receiving yards (121) and caught his first touchdown of the season against Faith.  

CATCH THE GAME ON ARCHANGEL RADIO 1410-AM

Each McGill-Toolen football game is broadcast over the airwaves on Archangel Radio 1410-AM. Tune in at 6:30 p.m. for the pregame show, 7 p.m. for play-by-play of the game and a post-game wrap-up show.

Download the Archangel Radio App for the pregame show, live game broadcast, and player/coach interviews.

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Magnus Hansen recorded his first two sacks of the season last week against Faith. He finished with 4 tackles and 2 assists.

• The Jackets have 5 passing touchdowns on the season to 5 different receivers. Thomas King, Kaden Thrash, JJ Davis, Ladarien Miller, and Will Weiskopf have all caught TD passes this season.

• The 454 yards of total offense against Faith is the second highest offensive output of the season after the Jackets rolled up 522 yards against St. Paul’s in a 34-24 road win.

• The Raiders have scored 28 points this season. That total has been surpassed in 3 of 6 games by the Jackets this season (Foley 52, St. Paul’s 34, and Faith (38). All three games were wins.

THE EXTRA POINT

Houston Academy has been outscored 150-28 this season, having been shut out once. The Jackets and Raiders have not played a single common opponent to this point in the schedule. Houston Academy has played Dale County, Glenwood School, Montgomery Catholic and UMS-Wright. The Raiders have also had two bye weeks in the first six weeks of the season.

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