Football Preview: Union County Panthers vs. Sumter County Panthers
After each having a week off, the Union County Panthers and the Sumter County Panthers will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Union County will head into Thursday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played back in October but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed two weeks ago was a bit more commanding. They lost 44-24 to North Cobb Christian. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-10.
Union County might have lost, but man, Connor Schuknecht was a machine: he rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Schuknecht's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 126 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sumter County). They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Columbus 61-17. Considering the Panthers have won six matches by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sumter County pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.1 points per game. As for Union County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
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