The Stranahan Mighty Dragons will challenge the South Plantation Paladins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Stranahan has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while South Plantation will arrive with three straight victories.
Stranahan's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Somerset Academy on Friday. They took a blow against the Panthers, falling 35-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Plantation). They took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 54-0 win over Northeast. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Paladins with their most commanding win of the season.
Stranahan better keep an eye on Kamary Cooper. He was instrumental in South Plantation's win, rushing for 186 yards and four scores on only ten carries. Thanks to that big game, Cooper is now up to 11 rushing touchdowns on the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Nixon Kalish, who threw for 87 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
South Plantation was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards every time they've taken the field this season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to South Plantation's defense and their four sacks. Northeast's QB won't forget Semaj Brown anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Brown has been hot recently, having posted at least one sack the last three times he's played. Jeth McKinnis got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
South Plantation's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Stranahan, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Stranahan strolled past South Plantation when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a score of 40-21. Do the Mighty Dragons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Paladins turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
