Football Preview: Plano East Panthers vs. Rock Hill Blue Hawks
The Plano East Panthers will face off against the Rock Hill Blue Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Plano East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.8 points per game this season.
Plano East will head into Thursday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 26-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against McKinney Boyd two weeks ago. Plano East sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 34-31 win over McKinney Boyd. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Broncos are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Travis Agee was his usual excellent self, rushing for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Kareem Pittman also helped out with an impressive 113 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Rock Hill, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They walked away with a 28-18 victory over McKinney Boyd on Friday.
Rock Hill can attribute much of their success to Jiyere Cogshell, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Jaylon Brown-Delgado, who gained 129 total yards.
Plano East pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Rock Hill, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Plano East was dealt a bruising 42-14 defeat at the hands of Rock Hill in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Plano East, Victor Chionuma (who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 43 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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