Football Preview: Maysville Panthers vs. New Lexington Panthers
The Maysville Panthers will square off against the New Lexington Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Maysville had to suffer through a 66-20 loss at the hands of Tri-Valley. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 481st, while the Scotties are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Lexington). They breezed by Coshocton on the road to the tune of 51-14 on Friday. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 24 points or more this season.
Isaiah Stephens continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 50 yards. Bentley Hanson was Stephens' top target, picking up 175 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, New Lexington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Maysville dropped their record down to 2-4 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for New Lexington, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Maysville suffered a grim 33-10 defeat to New Lexington in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Maysville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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