The Phoenixville Phantoms will challenge the Kennett Blue Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Phoenixville will be strutting in after a win while Kennett will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Phoenixville was fully in charge, breezing past Henderson 48-14 at home. Given the Phantoms' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Warriors are ranked 260th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Deacon Williams went supernova for Phoenixville, rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown. Williams didn't just play on offense: he also made five total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass. Another player making a difference was Talon Romance, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns while completing 100% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Phoenixville was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 515 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Phoenixville's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was TJ Howard and his two.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 35 points the game before, Kennett was a bit more limited in their contest on Saturday. They took a 16-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of Norristown.
Phoenixville pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Kennett, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Phoenixville beat Kennett 21-14 in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Does Phoenixville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kennett turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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