The Palisades Pumas will head out to take on the Myers Park Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Palisades is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Berry a 38-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Cardinals are ranked 271st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, the third road matchup was the charm for Myers Park, as they earned their first road win of the season. They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 59-0 victory over Ballantyne Ridge.
Josh Falzarano went supernova for Myers Park, rushing for 108 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Brody Keefe was another key player, picking up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win made it two in a row for Palisades and bumps their season record up to 3-2. As for Myers Park, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Palisades was dealt a bruising 44-0 defeat at the hands of Myers Park in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Palisades, Wendell Thompson (who threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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