Football Preview: Pilgrim Patriots vs. Johnston Panthers
Two dominant backs in Jacob Soulliere and Dean Paris are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pilgrim Patriots will take on the Johnston Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pilgrim will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Pilgrim is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Ponaganset, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Pilgrim was ranked 20th). Pilgrim came up short against Ponaganset on Friday, falling 40-14. The Patriots have struggled against the Chieftains recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, a win for Johnston just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 45-7 loss at the hands of Classical. Having soared to a lofty 50 points in the game before, the Panthers couldn't push the score so high this time.
This is the second loss in a row for Johnston and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Pilgrim, they moved to 5-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Pilgrim skirted past Johnston 52-50 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will Pilgrim repeat their success, or does Johnston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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