Pennington and Cleveland are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Pennington Tigers will host the Cleveland Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Pennington's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matchups.
Last Friday, Pennington came up short against Locust Fork and fell 51-44. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (31), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Pennington got top-tier performance from Connor Timmerman, who threw for 278 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cleveland). They were the clear victor by a 28-8 margin over West End on Friday.
Pennington's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Cleveland, their win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Pennington against Cleveland when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 41-0 victory. Will Pennington repeat their success, or does Cleveland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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