After both having extra time off, the Pine Crest Panthers and the Lake Highland Prep Highlanders will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pine Crest will head out to face Lake Highland Prep after giving up their first home loss of the season back in September. Pine Crest was just a hair shy of victory and fell 21-20 to St. John Paul II Academy. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Lake Highland Prep beat Bishop Snyder 15-10 two weeks ago. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Highlanders.
Landon Towns was his usual excellent self, rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 68 yards and a touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Lake Highland Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Pine Crest's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Lake Highland Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
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