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| 10/25/24 - Home | 17-13 W |
| 10/27/23 - Home | 33-14 W |
| 10/28/22 - Away | 20-6 W |
| 10/28/21 - Home | 21-0 W |
| 10/30/20 - Home | 7-6 W |
| + 5 more games |
Pocono Mountain West has gone 8-2 against Pocono Mountain East recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Panthers will challenge the Cardinals at 7:00 p.m.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Pocono Mountain West and Pleasant Valley meet (five straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Panthers fell 28-21 to the Bears.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pocono Mountain East). They claimed a resounding 56-20 win over East Stroudsburg North. Considering the Cardinals have won five games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Pocono Mountain East's victory came down to the chemistry between Ceejay Serfass and his top target Justin Williams. Serfass threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes while Williams picked up 126 receiving yards and a pair of scores. Williams has become a key player for Pocono Mountain East: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 2-3 otherwise. Connor Triano was in the mix as well, providing the Cardinals with two TDs.
The win (which was Pocono Mountain East's third in a row) raised their record to 6-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points on average over those games. As for Pocono Mountain West, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-4.
Pocono Mountain West didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Pocono Mountain East when the teams last played back in October of 2024, but they still walked away with a 17-13 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Cardinals' Stephen Bethea, who rushed for 142 yards and one touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for the Panthers to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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