A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Panthers duke it out with the Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hermitage is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Patrick Henry: they outscored them in every quarter. Hermitage's defense stepped up to hand Patrick Henry a 39-0 shutout on Monday. The Panthers pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots had little chance of recovering from.
Hermitage's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jordyn McQuinn-Hamlin, who posted 14 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which McQuinn-Hamlin has scored at least a third of Hermitage's points. London Challenor was another key player, putting up ten points.
Meanwhile, Deep Run waltzed into their game on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed past the Vikings to the tune of 70-4. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 25 points or more this season.
The win was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 3-12. As for Deep Run, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5.
Hermitage might still be hurting after the 50-25 loss they got from Deep Run in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Hermitage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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