The Palisades Pumas will head out to challenge the Myers Park Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Palisades is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Berry a 38-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Cardinals are ranked 271st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, the third road game was the charm for Myers Park, as they earned their first road win of the season. They blew past Ballantyne Ridge 59-0 on the road on Friday.
Josh Falzarano was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 108 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Keefe, who picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win made it two in a row for Palisades and bumps their season record up to 3-2. As for Myers Park, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Palisades was dealt a bruising 44-0 defeat at the hands of Myers Park in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Palisades, Wendell Thompson (who threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
