Football Preview: Community Braves vs. Panther Creek Panthers
Two dominant signal callers in Koren Ewing and Graylyn Fry are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Community Braves will challenge the Panther Creek Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,029 yards in their previous games.
Last Friday, Community had to suffer through a 56-20 loss at the hands of Lake Dallas. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 714th, while the Falcons are ranked 210th).
Despite the defeat, Community got top-tier performance from Carson Miller, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown. Ewing also helped out by tossing the rock for 263 yards.
Even though they lost, Community was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Panther Creek duked it out withParis on Friday. Panther Creek sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 38-35 victory over Paris. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Panther Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Fry, who threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt. Parker Ord was Fry's top target, picking up 134 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Community's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Panther Creek, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Community has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 242.4 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Panther Creek has preferred to attack from the air: they average 266.7 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Thursday? There's only one way to find out.
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