Skyline hasn't had much luck against Duncanville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Skyline Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes at 7:30 p.m. Skyline's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Duncanville's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Skyline's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Cedar Hill offense got past them. The game between Skyline and Cedar Hill wasn't particularly close, with Skyline falling 34-15. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Longhorns are ranked 49th).
Despite the defeat, Skyline got top-tier performance from Tramell Minter, who rushed for 183 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Minter has posted since back in September of 2023.
Even though they lost, Skyline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Duncanville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Waxahachie 41-17. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Panthers and Pantherettes just coasted through the last quarter.
Keelon Russell went supernova for Duncanville, throwing for 351 yards and six touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 39 yards. Russell is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) went to Zach Turner.
Skyline's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Duncanville, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Skyline has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 175 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Duncanville has preferred to attack from the air: they average 321 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Skyline took a serious blow against Duncanville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 49-3. Thankfully for Skyline, Caden Durham (who rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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