Football Preview: Batesburg-Leesville Panthers vs. Strom Thurmond Rebels
The Batesburg-Leesville Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Strom Thurmond Rebels at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Batesburg-Leesville is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Batesburg-Leesville got the win against Saluda by a conclusive 28-7. The Panthers pushed the score to 28-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Strom Thurmond didn't have too much trouble with Ninety Six on Friday as they won 21-7.
Trenquilis Mathis went supernova for Strom Thurmond, rushing for 126 yards on only nine carries. Those 126 rushing yards gave Mathis a new career-high.
Strom Thurmond is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.0 points per game. As for Batesburg-Leesville, their record now sits at 9-0.
Batesburg-Leesville was dealt a bruising 44-14 defeat at the hands of Strom Thurmond in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Batesburg-Leesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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