The Plainfield Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Waterford Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Plainfield had to suffer through a 42-13 loss at the hands of Woodstock Academy. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Waterford put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Montville on the road to the tune of 42-6. With the Lancers ahead 21-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Jax Higgins had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 178 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 179 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Waterford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 371 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Plainfield now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Waterford, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Plainfield suffered a grim 33-13 defeat to Waterford in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Plainfield, Ryan Bakken (who threw for 232 yards and five touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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