Football Preview: Armwood Hawks vs. Plant Panthers
Armwood is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Plant is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Armwood Hawks will host the Plant Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Armwood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Melbourne 49-0. Give the Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Syncere Styles had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Girard Pringle Jr. was another key rusher, rushing for 66 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Armwood wouldn't let Melbourne keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Armwood can thank Greg Lott and Errol Demontagnac for forcing both of them. Armwood got some further help from Kellen Wiley: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Plant on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Bartow out of the water with a 45-7 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 31 point advantage.
It was another big night for Jc Mirasola, who threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes.
Plant didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Darryon Williams, Dane Bathurst, and Titus Patterson picked up one apiece. Bathurst also set a new season high mark in sacks with three.
Armwood's victory bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Plant, their win bumped their record up to 7-4.
Armwood took their victory against Plant in their previous meeting back in October by a conclusive 26-0. Will Armwood repeat their success, or does Plant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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