The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Clarkson/Leigh Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newman Grove/St. Edward has given up an average of 49 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Newman Grove/St. Edward is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 36-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of Twin River on Friday. The Panthers were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Titans in the fourth quarter 14-6.
Meanwhile, Clarkson/Leigh had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 78-18 victory over the Bulldogs. The Patriots pushed the score to 72-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs cut but never quite recovered from.
Newman Grove/St. Edward better focus on containing Tucker Matthies and Wyatt Crosley as the pair were huge in Clarkson/Leigh's win. Matthies rushed for 211 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, while Crosley rushed for 168 yards and a pair of TDs on only seven carries. That's the most rushing yards Matthies has posted since back in September of 2024. Another player making a difference was Cade Hoesly, who rushed for 65 yards and one score.
Clarkson/Leigh was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 530 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Clarkson/Leigh didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Matthies and Luke Eisenmann. Matthies also punched in four rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Clarkson/Leigh is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The win got Clarkson/Leigh back to even at 3-3. As for Newman Grove/St. Edward, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Newman Grove/St. Edward took a serious blow against Clarkson/Leigh in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, falling 56-0. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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