Phillipsburg and Smith Center are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Phillipsburg Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Smith Center Redmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Phillipsburg will be strutting in after a victory while Smith Center will be coming in after a defeat.
While Panthers fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They never let Plainville/Natoma onto the board and left with a 14-0 win on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Smith Center didn't have quite enough to beat Chapman on Friday and fell 10-8.
Phillipsburg came up short against Smith Center in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 28-20. Can Phillipsburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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