Football Preview: Westlake Wildcats vs. Pleasantville Panthers
The Westlake Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Pleasantville Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Pleasantville's offense is going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Westlake hadn't allowed a single point the last three times they've hit the field. Westlake breezed by Nanuet to the tune of 38-0 on Friday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Golden Knights are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Pleasantville had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against the Bobcats as they made off with a 28-7 victory. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Panthers were the (much) better team in the second half.
Louis Sdao had a dynamite game for Pleasantville, rushing for 186 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Sdao a new career-high in rushing yards.
Pleasantville's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. In that department, Brian Mcphee was the leader with two sacks.
Westlake pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.0 points per game. As for Pleasantville, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Westlake took their win against Pleasantville in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 21-0. Will Westlake repeat their success, or does Pleasantville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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