The Permian Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Carver Birmingham Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Permian sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 50-48 victory over Tascosa. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Rebels are ranked 487th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gavin Black continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 238 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakob Garcia, who rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Permian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 225 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Permian wouldn't let Tascosa keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Permian can thank Ian Rylee and Caleb Jamison for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Carver Birmingham put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Hayden for the full four quarters, racking up a 40-0 win on the road. The Rams pushed the score to 32-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had no chance of recovering from.
Carver Birmingham relied on the efforts of Tarjuan Johnson, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and De'Jarvis Wade Ll, who threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
Permian's victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Carver Birmingham, their win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-0.
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