Football Preview: Whitman-Hanson Regional Panthers vs. Plymouth South Panthers
The Whitman-Hanson Regional Panthers are on the road again on Friday to play the Plymouth South Panthers at 4:00 p.m.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 41-7, which was the final score in Whitman-Hanson Regional's tilt against Scituate on Saturday. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-0.
Meanwhile, Plymouth South's game on Friday was all tied up 14-14 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Bridgewater-Raynham 28-27.
Plymouth South's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Max Arnold, who rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, and Timmy Durocher, who threw for 131 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Arnold a new career-high in rushing yards.
Whitman-Hanson Regional's loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-2. As for Plymouth South, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Whitman-Hanson Regional strolled past Plymouth South when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 32-14. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Plymouth South's Casious Johnson, who rushed for 187 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.0 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Whitman-Hanson Regional to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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