Football Preview: Paradise Panthers vs. Vernon Lions
The Paradise Panthers will challenge the Vernon Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Paradise is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Millsap at home to the tune of 49-6 on Friday. With the Panthers ahead 21-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, while Vernon put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Frederick. Vernon blew past Frederick 56-0 at home. That 56 point margin sets a new team best for the Lions this season.
Tru Gipson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Schoppa, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Vernon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Vernon wouldn't let Frederick keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Schoppa, Jacob Brown, and Brown picked up one apiece.
The win got Paradise back to even at 2-2. As for Vernon, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Everything came up roses for Paradise against Vernon in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 49-13 win. Will Paradise repeat their success, or does Vernon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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