Portal was the 20-8 winner over Bryan County when they last played one another back in September of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Panthers took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Redskins on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (33), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Portal saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Zeke Percell rushed for 118 yards and two TDs on only nine carries. Percell's longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Jason Crawford also helped out as he racked up 103 rushing yards.
Anddreas McKinny had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 234 yards and four scores while picking up 13.0 yards per carry for Bryan County. Those four rushing touchdowns gave McKinny a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Portal and nudges their season record down to 1-3. Those defeats can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points over those games. As for Bryan County, their record is now 3-1.
Portal has already played their next game, a 31-0 loss against Metter on the 19th. As for Bryan County, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 29-12 defeat against Emanuel County Institute on the 19th.
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