Football Preview: Mentor Cardinals vs. Euclid Panthers
Mentor has gone 9-1 against Euclid recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals dukes it out withthe Euclid Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mentor has nine straight wins, Euclid has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mentor's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Strongsville's usually-dominant defense. Mentor claimed a resounding 44-17 victory over Strongsville at home. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won seven games by 23 points or more so far this season.
Jackson Farley and Scotty Fox were among the main playmakers for Mentor as the former gained 214 total yards and two touchdowns and the latter threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt. Farley's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his ninth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards dating back to last season. Austin Vanhuss was Fox's top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mentor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, a win for Euclid just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Cleveland Heights at home and fell 70-27. 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 432nd, while the Tigers are ranked 129th).
Mentor's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for Euclid, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Everything came up roses for Mentor against Euclid when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 48-12 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mentor 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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