Football Preview: Panther Creek Panthers vs. Lake Dallas Falcons
The Panther Creek Panthers will challenge the Lake Dallas Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Panther Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Community at home to the tune of 66-0 on Thursday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Braves are ranked 697th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sentel Simpson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 134 yards and five touchdowns on only seven carries. Those 134 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Graylyn Fry, who threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.4% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Panther Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lake Dallas took their match on the road last Friday with ease, bagging a 56-20 win over Community. The Falcons pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Braves had little chance of recovering from.
Thomas Adams went supernova for Lake Dallas, throwing for 341 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also punching in a rushing score. Another player making a difference was Gavin Young, who picked up 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lake Dallas didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jayshon Hardimon and Toney Butler. Hardimon also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Another thorn in Community's side was Nathan Cornist, who picked up a sack, made 17 total tackles, and defended two passes.
The victory made it two in a row for Panther Creek and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for Lake Dallas, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Panther Creek has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 273 passing yards per game. Lake Dallas, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 221.7 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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