Football Preview: East Pennsboro Panthers vs. West Perry Mustangs
The East Pennsboro Panthers will venture away from home to take on the West Perry Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Pennsboro will be strutting in after a victory while West Perry will be coming in after a defeat.
East Pennsboro will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Boiling Springs on Friday. East Pennsboro really took it to Boiling Springs for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-13 win at home. That 36 point margin sets a new team best for the Panthers this season.
East Pennsboro got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Aaron Angelo out in front who picked up 136 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Angelo's longest reception was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total. Another rusher making a difference was JJ Gossard, who gained 105 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Pennsboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
East Pennsboro's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ej Rivera and Ryan Potts.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 31 points the game before, West Perry was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They took a 14-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of Middletown. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
East Pennsboro now has a winning record of 3-2. As for West Perry, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
East Pennsboro suffered a grim 38-14 defeat to West Perry when the teams last played back in October of 2021. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point East Pennsboro was down 24-0.
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