Football Recap: Princeton Bulldogs vs. North Johnston Panthers
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Princeton). They blew past the North Johnston Panthers, posting a 62-28 win. Considering the Bulldogs have won five contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Princeton got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Austin Lewallen out in front who rushed for 211 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Lewallen has posted since back in November of 2023. Another back making a difference was Teo Mcphatter, who rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 474 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Despite the loss, North Johnston still got an impressive performance from Kaleb Pone, who rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns. Pone's longest rush was for an incredible 89 yards. A healthy portion of Pone's aerial production (101 yards to be exact) went to Seth Scott, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Princeton has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for North Johnston, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4.
As of now, neither Princeton nor North Johnston have any future games scheduled.
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