Football Preview: Pennington Tigers vs. Cleveland Panthers
Pennington and Cleveland are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Pennington Tigers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Cleveland Panthers at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Pennington's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matches.
Last Friday, Pennington came up short against Locust Fork and fell 51-44. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Pennington might have lost, but man, Connor Timmerman was a machine: he threw for 278 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cleveland). They were the clear victor by a 28-8 margin over West End on Friday.
Pennington's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Cleveland, their win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Pennington against Cleveland when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 41-0 victory. Does Pennington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cleveland turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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