Football Preview: Eastlake Falcons vs. Permian Panthers
The Eastlake Falcons will take on the Permian Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastlake has six straight wins, Permian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Eastlake didn't have too much trouble with Coronado as they won 42-28.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Luke Lomeli and Ben Wilson. Lomeli had a great game and threw for 335 yards and three touchdowns while completing 74.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Wilson was balling out in the loss, throwing for 265 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Eastlake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Permian suffered their closest loss since October 20, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Midland by a score of 21-18. While the Panthers had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Bulldogs 7-0.
Permian might have lost, but man, Gavin Black was a machine: he rushed for 192 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Black is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 164 every time he's taken the field this season.
Permian's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-3. As for Eastlake, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Eastlake came up short against Permian in their previous meeting back in September, falling 56-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Black, who rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. Now that Eastlake knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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