The Cleveland Panthers will challenge the Falkville Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Cleveland is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Southeastern on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cleveland had to suffer through a 48-10 loss at the hands of Southeastern.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Falkville's strategy against Susan Moore on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Falkville blew Susan Moore out of the water with a 44-8 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 22-0.
Falkville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Landon Powers, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and Denver Comstock, who rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Comstock has posted since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Falkville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 95 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 232.
Cleveland's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Falkville, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Cleveland took their win against Falkville when the teams last played back in November of 2020 by a conclusive 24-0. Will Cleveland repeat their success, or does Falkville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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