The Saegertown Panthers will square off against the Greenville Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Saegertown sitting on three straight wins and Greenville on six.
Saegertown's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 23-0 margin over Maplewood. That 23 point margin sets a new team best for the Panthers this season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Greenville at home against Lakeview on Friday as the team secured a 36-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won four contests by 36 points or more so far this season.
Nick Solderich continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 127 yards on only ten carries, while also throwing for 103 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Rudy Gentile was another key player, rushing for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Greenville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Greenville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Justin Schell and Kyle Mcgirr.
Saegertown has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Greenville, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
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