Football Game Preview: Pekin Panthers vs. North Mahaska Warhawks
By Team Reports
Sep 29, 2025, 10:49pm
Football Preview: Pekin Panthers vs. North Mahaska Warhawks
The Pekin Panthers will take on the North Mahaska Warhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pekin knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully North Mahaska likes a good challenge.
If Pekin beats North Mahaska with 52 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Panthers simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Van Buren County 52-8. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, North Mahaska was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They had to suffer through a 39-6 loss at the hands of Lynnville-Sully. The Warhawks haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Pekin's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for North Mahaska, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Everything came up roses for Pekin against North Mahaska when the teams last played back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 42-0 victory. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Warhawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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