Football Recap: Panther Creek Comes Up Short Despite Jaysen Oriol's Big Defensive Game + How To Watch

Thursday just wasn't the day for Panther Creek's offense. They took a 17-0 bruising from the Apex Friendship Patriots on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Catamounts in their meetings with the Patriots: they've now lost three in a row.

Jaysen Oriol

Total Tackles

10/30/25 vs Apex Friendship	12
10/24/25 @ Apex	9
10/17/25 vs Jordan	8
10/10/25 vs Green Hope	9
09/29/25 @ Willow Spring	8
+ 6 more games

Even if they lost, Panther Creek's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Jaysen Oriol was the leader with two. He has been hot for a while, having also posted seven or more total tackles the last 11 times he's played. Another thorn in Apex Friendship's side was Finn Stevenson, who picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).

Panther Creek's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Apex Friendship, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.

Panther Creek has already played their next game, a 27-14 win against Enloe on the 7th. As for Apex Friendship, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Rolesville at 7:00 p.m. on the 14th.