A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers dukes it out withthe Orem Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. They took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on West, who comes in off a win.
West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Taylorsville 68-14. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 24 points or more this season.
Izaiah Holley was his usual excellent self, throwing for 403 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 37 yards. Louie Hamilton did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 111 receiving yards.
Another reason for the win was West's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 22 sacks. Takeshi Savery led the group effort, picking up four of those sacks all by himself. He also set a new season high mark in sacks with four. Another thorn in Taylorsville's side was Taufa Florreich, who picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Orem entered their match against Timpview two weeks ago without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Orem lost to Timpview at home by a 35-21 margin. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Thunderbirds recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Orem might have lost, but man, Feleti Iongi was a machine: he rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Orem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Timpview only rushed for 99.
West has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Orem, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. West has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 276.5 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Orem has preferred to attack from the air: they average 271.7 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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