Football Preview: East Pennsboro Panthers vs. West Perry Mustangs
The East Pennsboro Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the West Perry Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Perry took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on East Pennsboro, who comes in off a win.
East Pennsboro will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Boiling Springs on Friday. East Pennsboro really took it to Boiling Springs for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-13 victory at home. That looming 49-13 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Panthers yet this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Pennsboro to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aaron Angelo, who picked up 136 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Angelo's longest reception was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total. JJ Gossard was another key back, gaining 105 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Pennsboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
East Pennsboro's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ej Rivera and Ryan Potts.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 31 points the game before, West Perry was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They fell to Middletown 14-9. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
East Pennsboro now has a winning record of 3-2. As for West Perry, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
East Pennsboro might still be hurting after the 38-14 defeat they got from West Perry in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point East Pennsboro was down 24-0.
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