The Bartow Yellow Jackets are on the road again on Friday to play the Plant Panthers at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bartow will head into Thursday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Riverview on Thursday. Bartow put the hurt on Riverview with a sharp 32-7 win. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Yellow Jackets had established a 20 point advantage.
Bartow had a senior duo take command as Blake Johnson threw for 152 yards and three touchdowns and Cory Butler picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Bartow didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Joshod Hampton. He is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last four games he's played. De'Coryian Stanley was another major factor on D, making 17 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Plant came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 49 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wildcats 67-21. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 46 points or more this season.
Jc Mirasola continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 327 yards and eight touchdowns. Plant is 4-1 when Mirasola posts 300 or more passing yards, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Mackinnon, who picked up 132 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Plant pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points per game. As for Bartow, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
