Football Preview: Benton Panthers vs. Shiloh Christian Saints
Benton is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Shiloh Christian is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Benton Panthers will host the Shiloh Christian Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Benton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Lake Hamilton 57-14.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shiloh Christian). They breezed by Van Buren to the tune of 63-35 on Friday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 56-7.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Griffin Mason and Cameron Keller. Mason had a great game and rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Meanwhile, Keller was balling out in the loss, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
Shiloh Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Shiloh Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.2 points. As for Benton, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
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