Football Preview: Skyline Eagles vs. West Panthers
Skyline has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to take on the West Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Skyline's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Brighton on Friday. They were dealt a 42-0 defeat at the hands of the Bengals. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, West is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Rigby. West fell just short of Rigby by a score of 35-33.
Despite the defeat, West got top-tier performance from Lote Sotele, who rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown. Sotele's longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Kamden Lopati was another key player, throwing for 220 yards and a touchdown on only 17 passes.
Even though they lost, West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Skyline's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for West, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Skyline was dealt a bruising 57-9 loss at the hands of West in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Skyline, Isaiah Su'Esu'E (who threw for 446 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards) 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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