Football Preview: Nease Panthers vs. Tocoi Creek Toros
The Nease Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Tocoi Creek Toros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nease has six straight victories, Tocoi Creek has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Nease will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 32-point they dealt Atlantic Coast on Friday. Nease breezed by Atlantic Coast at home to the tune of 44-12. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Stingrays are ranked 183rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nease can attribute much of their success to Kj Perry, who rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and Nate Harry, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Perry has posted since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Nease was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Tocoi Creek lost to Menendez on the road by a 32-16 margin on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Vincent Galella and Mason Lynch. Lynch had a great game and rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Galella did his best for the losing side, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Nease's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Tocoi Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Everything went Nease's way against Tocoi Creek in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Nease made off with a 47-27 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nease since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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