The Perry Panthers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Northland Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Perry is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past GlenOak 69-14 on Friday. With the Panthers ahead 27-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Northland entered their tilt with Beechcroft last Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars , sneaking past 17-14.
Jayden Cherry was a one-man wrecking crew for Northland as he rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Cherry a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Northland's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. Tyreek Lewis led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Justin Ofori also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13.
The victory got Perry back to even at 5-5. As for Northland, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
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