Two dominant signal callers in Jashaun Thomas and Roman Morales are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Paschal Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Saginaw Rough Riders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Paschal comes in on five and Saginaw on seven.
Paschal is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Polytechnic, posting a 50-15 win on the road. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won five games by 25 points or more so far this season.
Paschal relied on the efforts of Thomas, who threw for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes, and Maki Gee, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Gee a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Paschal was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Saginaw beat Arlington Heights 21-15 on Thursday.
The critical scores for Saginaw came from Aidan Collier, Boaz Kaloso, and Isaiah Quinones.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Saginaw's defense and their 3.5 sacks. Leading the way was Isaac Bukasa with two.
Paschal's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Saginaw, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
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