The Panther Creek Catamounts will head out on the road to square off against the Holly Springs Golden Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Panther Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Cary 60-36 on Friday. The Catamounts pushed the score to 53-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Imps cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Panther Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Carpenter, who threw for 299 yards and five touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Travis Woodard was in the mix as well, providing Panther Creek with three touchdowns.
Panther Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jolani Legette and Darius Smith. Smith also made four total tackles, which is notable because Panther Creek is 4-2 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 0-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Holly Springs won against Green Hope last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Holly Springs took their game with ease, bagging a 42-13 win over Apex. The victory was nothing new for the Golden Hawks as they're now sitting on four straight.
Holly Springs' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kaleb ?Honcho? Williams, who threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. Kingston Davis was ?Honcho? Williams' top target, picking up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win made it two in a row for Panther Creek and bumps their season record up to 4-5. As for Holly Springs, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Panther Creek was dealt a bruising 42-13 defeat at the hands of Holly Springs when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Panther Creek, Breandan King (who rushed for 136 yards on only 15 carries, and also picked up 36 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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