A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Ray Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Superior is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26 points per game this season.
Last Friday, it was close, but Superior sidestepped Cicero Prep Academy for a 22-20 victory.
Superior was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 92.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 222.3.
Superior didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Noah Jimenez and Andrew Blair.
Meanwhile, Ray waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Wildkats as they made off with a 40-20 win. Considering the Bearcats have won three matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Superior's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Ray, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-3.
Superior came up short against Ray when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 36-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ray's Jason Day, who rushed for 195 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 70 yards and a touchdown. Now that Superior knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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