Football Preview: Plant Panthers vs. Bartow Yellow Jackets
The Plant Panthers will square off against the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Bartow is hoping to do what Wharton couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Plant's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Plant blew past Wharton, posting a 67-21 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 46 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Jc Mirasola, who threw for 327 yards and eight touchdowns. Plant is 4-1 when Mirasola posts 300 or more passing yards, but 2-3 otherwise. Ben Mackinnon was another key player, picking up 132 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Plant didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Alex Tate picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Bartow's strategy against Riverview on Thursday. Everything went Bartow's way against Riverview as Bartow made off with a 32-7 victory. The Yellow Jackets pushed the score to 20-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Sharks had little chance of recovering from.
Bartow had a senior duo take command as Blake Johnson threw for 152 yards and three touchdowns and Cory Butler picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Bartow's defense and their three sacks. Kendric Stacey was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. Another thorn in Riverview's side was De'Coryian Stanley, who made 17 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Plant's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points per game. As for Bartow, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
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