Football Preview: South Western Mustangs vs. Central York Panthers
South Western hasn't had much luck against Central York recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The South Western Mustangs will challenge the Central York Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
South Western will head out to face Central York after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. South Western fell 30-21 to Dallastown. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 150th, while the Wildcats are ranked 49th).
Bryce Graham put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. South Western also got a significant boost from Austin Rollman, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
Even if they lost, South Western's defense still kept up the pressure with six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ethan Rissler and Antwan Jefferson who racked up four sacks between them. Rissler also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Meanwhile, while Central York put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Spring Grove. Central York blew past Spring Grove 40-0 on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
South Western's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Central York, their record is now 3-1.
South Western suffered a grim 29-7 defeat to Central York in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for South Western, Juelz Goff (who rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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