The Middletown Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Patuxent Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Middletown comes in on four and Patuxent on 12.
Middletown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Randallstown with a 7-3 win. The seven-point effort marked the Knights' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Patuxent humbled Elkton with a 55-8 victory. Considering the Panthers have won 11 matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Evan Blouir, who rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 113 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Antoine Wilkins, who rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
Patuxent's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.9 points. As for Middletown, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Middletown was taken down by Patuxent 42-7 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blouir, who threw for 408 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes, and also rushed for 40 yards. Now that Middletown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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