Football Preview: Plano East Panthers vs. Allen Eagles
Plano East is 0-8 against Allen since November of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The Plano East Panthers will challenge the Allen Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Plano East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.6 points per game this season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Plano East duked it out withMcKinney on Friday. Plano East and McKinney were almost perfectly matched up, but Plano East suffered a 24-23 loss. The Panthers gained 61 more yards on the day, but it was the Lions that made the best use of them.
Plano East might have lost, but man, Jackson Hays was a machine: he threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 67 yards on only five carries. Those 67 rushing yards gave Hays a new career-high. Travis Agee was another key player, gaining 87 total yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Allen put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past McKinney Boyd 63-16. With the Eagles ahead 35-10 at the half, the match was all but over already.
This is the second loss in a row for Plano East and nudges their season record down to 6-3. As for Allen, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
Plano East suffered a grim 56-30 defeat to Allen in their previous meeting back in August of 2021. Thankfully for Plano East, Jaylen Jenkins (who rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries) 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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