The Pasquotank County Panthers will square off against the Kinston Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pasquotank County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Princeton by a score of 54-41. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jayon Harris and Teo McPhatter. Harris had a great game and rushed for 183 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. Meanwhile, McPhatter was balling out in the loss, rushing for 249 yards and three TDs, while also throwing for 65 yards and one touchdown.
Meanwhile, Kinston made easy work of Midway on Friday and carried off a 34-13 win. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 21 points or more this season.
Pasquotank County better keep an eye on Genesis Wiggins. He was instrumental in Kinston's win, rushing for 147 yards and one score on only 12 carries, while also picking up 38 receiving yards. Those 147 rushing yards gave Wiggins a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyler Jones, who threw for 190 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 76.5% of his passes.
Kinston's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Pasquotank County, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Pasquotank County has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 197.3 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Kinston has preferred to attack from the air: they average 290.1 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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