Football Preview: Airline Vikings vs. Parkway Panthers
The Airline Vikings will square off against the Parkway Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after five-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Airline is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They pulled ahead with a 69-68 photo finish over Captain Shreve on Friday. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Vikings were down 20-7 in the fourth quarter.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ben Taylor and Brodie Savage. Taylor had a great game and threw for 573 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 71.7% of his passes. Meanwhile, Savage was balling out in the loss, throwing for 285 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt.
Meanwhile, Parkway has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 14.4 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Thursday. They walked away with a 46-35 win over Byrd.
Airline pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Parkway, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-0.
Airline strolled past Parkway when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 33-16. Will Airline repeat their success, or does Parkway have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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