Football Game Preview: Tiftarea Academy Panthers vs. Deerfield-Windsor Knights + How To Watch

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Previous Games

10/11/24 - Home	49-27 W
10/13/23 - Away	20-0 W
10/14/22 - Home	21-42 L
11/01/19 - Home	35-0 W
10/26/18 - Away	42-7 W
+ 3 more games

Tiftarea Academy and Deerfield-Windsor are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Panthers will take on the Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

On Friday, Tiftarea Academy ended up a good deal behind Valwood and lost 31-13. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Deerfield-Windsor put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 40-7 win over Brookwood. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Knights' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Warriors are ranked 421st).

A big part of Deerfield-Windsor's victory came down to the chemistry between Lane Sceals and his top target Gabe Daniel. Sceals threw for 275 yards and five TDs while completing 90.9% of his passes while Daniel picked up 149 receiving yards and three touchdowns. That's the most passing yards Sceals has posted since back in November of 2024.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Deerfield-Windsor proved: they limited Brookwood to a paltry 3.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Cross Mitchell for the heroic effort on defense: he. Deerfield-Windsor didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.5.

Tiftarea Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Deerfield-Windsor, their win bumped their record up to 7-0.

Everything went Tiftarea Academy's way against Deerfield-Windsor when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Tiftarea Academy made off with a 49-27 victory. In that contest, the Panthers amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.