Football Preview: Shiloh Christian Saints vs. Benton Panthers
The Shiloh Christian Saints will venture away from home to challenge the Benton Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Shiloh Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to Van Buren for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-35 victory. The Saints' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Griffin Mason and Cameron Keller. Mason had a great game and rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Meanwhile, Keller was balling out in the loss, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
Shiloh Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Benton had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.1 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 57-14 win over the Wolves.
Shiloh Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.9 points per game. As for Benton, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
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