Football Preview: Gulfport Admirals vs. Petal Panthers
Gulfport is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Petal is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Gulfport Admirals will take on the Petal Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gulfport will be strutting in after a win while Petal will be coming in after a defeat.
Gulfport is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Harrison Central to the tune of 49-21 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Admirals, who have now won five matches by 20 points or more so far this season.
Gulfport relied on the efforts of Cooper Crosby, who rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and Dane Sullivan, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. With that strong performance, Crosby is now averaging an impressive 103.2 rushing yards per game. Markell Simmons did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 89 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Petal faced Oak Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Petal fell just short of Oak Grove by a score of 24-21. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Gulfport has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.8 points per game. As for Petal, they moved to 7-4 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Gulfport took a serious blow against Petal when the teams last played back in November of 2018, falling 34-0. Thankfully for Gulfport, Rashad Handford (who rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries) 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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