Football Preview: Camden Panthers vs. Rancocas Valley Red Devils
The Camden Panthers will challenge the Rancocas Valley Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Camden's defense has only allowed 10.8 points per game this season, so Rancocas Valley's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Camden is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Holy Spirit, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Camden was ranked 16th). Camden fell 23-12 to Holy Spirit on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Panthers have let down their home crowd.
Loss or not, Camden got some senior leadership from Mahki Brunson and Malik Redd. Brunson threw for 239 yards and a touchdown, while Redd picked up 123 receiving yards and a touchdown. What's more, Brunson also racked up 80 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
Even if they lost, Camden's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Holy Spirit's QB won't forget Ibn Muhammad anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Rancocas Valley had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They beat the Renegades by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 42-21. The result was nothing new for the Red Devils, who have now won four matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Camden fell to 3-1. As for Rancocas Valley, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Camden didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Rancocas Valley in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, but they still walked away with a 30-24 win. Will Camden repeat their success, or does Rancocas Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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