The Pinewood Panthers's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Crystal Springs Uplands Gryphons at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Crystal Springs Uplands is facing Pinewood at the wrong time: Pinewood suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell to the Eagles 25-19.
Meanwhile, Crystal Springs Uplands entered their tilt with Anzar on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Hawks 32-0 at home. The 32-point effort marked the Gryphons' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Teague Durkin was his usual excellent self, throwing for 219 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76% of his passes. He has been hot recently, having posted four or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Rohan Dalal, who picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Crystal Springs Uplands' defense and their four sacks. Brighton Ramos was especially locked on to Anzar's QB and sacked him three times.
Pinewood's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for Crystal Springs Uplands, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Pinewood skirted past Crystal Springs Uplands 36-34 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Pinewood repeat their success, or does Crystal Springs Uplands have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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