East Pennsboro has gone 4-0 against Big Spring recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The East Pennsboro Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Big Spring Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
East Pennsboro's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past James Buchanan 36-0 on the road. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 21 points or more this season.
East Pennsboro had a senior duo take command as JJ Gossard rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries and Aaron Angelo gained 152 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Gossard a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Pennsboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Big Spring, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Everything went their way against Middletown on Friday as Big Spring made off with a 37-11 victory. With the Bulldogs ahead 25-3 at the half, the game was all but over already.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Grant Hall and Gavin Paul. Hall had a great game and gained 159 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Paul was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and a touchdown.
East Pennsboro's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Big Spring, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season.
East Pennsboro was able to grind out a solid victory over Big Spring in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, winning 55-46. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Big Spring's Ryan Adams, who rushed for 238 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for East Pennsboro to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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