Football Preview: Plant Panthers vs. Armwood Hawks
The Plant Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Armwood Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Plant sitting on five straight victories and Armwood on 11.
Plant is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Bartow 45-7. Considering the Panthers have won five matches by more than 37 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Jc Mirasola, who threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes.
Plant didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Darryon Williams, Dane Bathurst, and Titus Patterson picked up one apiece. Bathurst also set a new season high mark in sacks with three.
Meanwhile, while Armwood put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Melbourne. Armwood really took it to Melbourne for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-0 win. Give the Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Syncere Styles had a dynamite game for Armwood, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Styles a new career-high in rushing yards. Olontae Dean made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Armwood wouldn't let Melbourne keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Armwood can thank Greg Lott and Errol Demontagnac for forcing both of them. Kellen Wiley was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Armwood pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 43.3 points. As for Plant, their record is now 7-4.
Plant might still be hurting after the 26-0 defeat they got from Armwood in their previous meeting back in October. Can Plant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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