Football Game Preview: Gray-New Gloucester Patriots vs. Waterville Panthers

The Gray-New Gloucester Patriots will head out to face off against the Waterville Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Gray-New Gloucester has given up an average of 31 points per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Gray-New Gloucester is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Lake Region, who was ranked seventh at the time (Gray-New Gloucester was ranked eighth). The Patriots were dealt a 37-6 defeat at the hands of the Lakers on Friday. The matchup marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Meanwhile, Waterville took a blow against Yarmouth on Saturday, falling 70-26.

Gray-New Gloucester now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Waterville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.

Everything went Gray-New Gloucester's way against Waterville when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Gray-New Gloucester made off with a 42-16 win. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.