Vinton won the last time they faced Merryville, and things went their way on Friday too. The Vinton Lions blew past the Merryville Panthers 40-14. The Lions pushed the score to 34-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Although Merryville took the loss, they still got scores from Lucas Tucker and Joshua Robinson.
The victory made it two in a row for Vinton and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Merryville, they dropped their record down to 1-1 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Vinton will venture away from home to face off against Hamilton Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Merryville, they will square off against LaSalle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Merryville focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday.
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