The Plano East Panthers will take on the Princeton Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Plano East beat North Forney 34-21. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Plano East can attribute much of their success to Jackson Hays, who threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per attempt, and Travis Agee, who rushed for 191 yards while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Kareem Pittman was Hays' top target, picking up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also punching in a rushing score.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Plano East was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 539 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Forney only gained 382.
Plano East wouldn't let North Forney keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Marvae Butts, Judah Thompson, and Corbin Ahman picked up one apiece. Thompson is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Princeton had to endure a seven-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Naaman Forest on Friday as Princeton made off with a 55-35 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
Princeton relied on the efforts of Marcus Flowers, who threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76% of his passes, and Vincent Aparicio, who picked up 188 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Aparicio is now averaging an impressive 110 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakeylen Perkins, who picked up 52 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Princeton's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Nicholas Willis and Cameron Drake. Princeton got some further help from Nick Rodriguez: he made 15 total tackles.
Plano East's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Princeton, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
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