A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on the Canton South Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. They will need to watch out since New Lexington has now posted at least 31 points in their last five contests.
New Lexington will bounce into Friday's match after beating Sheridan, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. New Lexington blew past Sheridan 36-10 on Friday. Considering the Panthers have won eight matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
New Lexington had a senior duo take command as Isaiah Stephens threw for 291 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes and Bentley Hanson picked up 175 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hanson is now averaging an impressive 105.1 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Talon Schwendeman, who picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Canton South didn't have quite enough to beat Northwest on Friday and fell 24-21. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Wildcats have suffered against the Indians since September 4, 2015.
New Lexington pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Canton South, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
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