Football Preview: Plant Panthers vs. Wharton Wildcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Wharton Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. They will need to watch out since Plant has now posted at least 31 points in their last three matches.
Plant's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 56-0 victory over Steinbrenner. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won three games by 56 points or more so far this season.
Jc Mirasola was his usual excellent self, throwing for 150 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 50 yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023.
Plant didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Roymarr Thomas, David Delgardo, Alex Tate, and Zyrohn Canady picked up one apiece. Delgardo also made four total tackles, which is notable because Plant is 4-2 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Wharton was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a 55-0 loss at the hands of Armwood. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Hawks are ranked tenth).
Plant now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Wharton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Plant was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Wharton when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Plant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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