It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Fall River can now relate to. They fell 41-30 to the Maxwell Panthers on Friday. The Bulldogs were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Maxwell to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noel Velazquez, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 100 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Erik New also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Fall River now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Maxwell, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-1.
Fall River does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Maxwell, they will square off against Redding Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Maxwell's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three games.
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