Football Game Preview: Pomperaug Panthers vs. Bristol Eastern Lancers

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 8:47am

Football Preview: Pomperaug Panthers vs. Bristol Eastern Lancers

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The Pomperaug Panthers are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they square off against the Bristol Eastern Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Friday, Pomperaug took a blow against Guilford, falling 49-20. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 17th).

Meanwhile, Bristol Eastern was just a hair shy of victory last Thursday and fell 18-17 to East Catholic.

This is the second loss in a row for Pomperaug and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Bristol Eastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.

Pomperaug lost to Bristol Eastern on the road by a decisive 14-0 margin in their previous matchup back in September of 2019. Can Pomperaug avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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