It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Paradise can now relate to. They took a 27-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Malakoff Tigers on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 171st, while the Tigers are ranked 49th).
Despite the loss, Paradise still got an impressive performance from Luke Brown, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. That's the most rushing touchdowns Brown has posted since back in October. Ayden Winters handled things on the ground, rushing for 84 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Malakoff had a senior duo take command as Jason Tennyson rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns and Mike Jones rushed for 56 yards.
Panthers
| 12/12/24 vs Malakoff | 19-27 |
| 12/06/24 vs Shallowater | 33-15 |
| 11/29/24 @ Jim Ned | 10-7 |
| 11/22/24 vs Bushland | 21-17 |
| 11/15/24 vs Clyde | 47-0 |
Paradise moved to 12-3 with that defeat, which also ended their 11-game winning streak. As for Malakoff, the win keeps them at an undefeated 15-0.
Paradise does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Malakoff, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Malakoff Tigers challenge the Columbus Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on December 19th. One thing working in Columbus' favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
