Football Preview: Allen Eagles vs. Plano East Panthers
Allen has gone 8-0 against Plano East recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Allen Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Plano East Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Allen is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Allen is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing McKinney Boyd: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Allen blew McKinney Boyd out of the water with a 63-16 final score. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won seven contests by 24 points or more so far this season.
Despite a strong season so far, Plano East has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 24-23 to McKinney. 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. A healthy portion of Hays' aerial production (81 yards to be exact) went to Ryan Fariello.
Allen pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Plano East, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Allen took their win against Plano East in their previous meeting back in August of 2021 by a conclusive 56-30. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Plano East's Ismail Mahdi, who rushed for 230 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for Allen to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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