Plano East and McKinney Boyd are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Plano East Panthers will venture away from home to take on the McKinney Boyd Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Plano East is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Prosper just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 42-16. The loss was the Panthers' first of the season.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed ten in total. All came courtesy of Blake Letourneau: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 1-for-1 kicking extra points for an additional one.
Meanwhile, McKinney Boyd had to suffer through a 55-17 loss at the hands of Prosper. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 298th, while the Eagles are ranked 19th).
Although McKinney Boyd took the loss, they still got scores from Brock Fitzhugh and Jake Roberts.
Having lost for the first time this season, Plano East fell to 4-1. As for McKinney Boyd, they dropped their record down to 2-2 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Plano East was able to grind out a solid victory over McKinney Boyd when the teams last played back in September of 2019, winning 21-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Plano East since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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