Football Preview: Palmetto Mustangs vs. Belton-Honea Path Bears
Palmetto hasn't had much luck against Belton-Honea Path recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Palmetto Mustangs will host the Belton-Honea Path Bears at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Belton-Honea Path is facing Palmetto at the wrong time: Palmetto suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They lost to the Red Devils at home by a 28-9 margin. Having soared to a lofty 31 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Belton-Honea Path faced Westside in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Belton-Honea Path was beaten by Westside 55-14. The loss was the Bears' first of the season.
Although Belton-Honea Path took the loss, they still got scores from Malachi Hester and Marquise Henderson.
Even though they lost, Belton-Honea Path was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in five consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Palmetto's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Belton-Honea Path, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Palmetto was taken down by Belton-Honea Path 55-21 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Henderson, who rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries. Now that Palmetto knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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