The Mifflin Punchers will venture away from home to challenge the Linden-McKinley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mifflin has given up an average of 53.9 points per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mifflin's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Northland on Friday. They were outmatched by the Vikings and fell 61-0. The Punchers have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Linden-McKinley strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Whetstone 32-7. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won five matchups by 25 points or more so far this season.
Linden-McKinley's win bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Mifflin, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Mifflin was taken down by Linden-McKinley 57-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Panthers' Davell Brock, who threw for 257 yards and four TDs while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and one touchdown. Now that the Punchers know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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