The Gateway Panthers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Winter Springs Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gateway's defense has only allowed 17 points per game this season, so Winter Springs' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Gateway's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took down Lake Region 19-0. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Among those leading the charge was Joshua Fuller, who rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Gateway's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Nathaneal Morales and Isaiah Noel.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last match, Winter Springs made sure to put some points up on the board against Liberty on Friday. Winter Springs blew past Liberty 50-12 at home. The Bears pushed the score to 43-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Chargers cut but never quite recovered from.
Makiye Mcburse went supernova for Winter Springs, throwing for 112 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. Winter Springs also got a significant boost from Anthony Valentin, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 80 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Winter Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
The victory got Gateway back to even at 2-2. As for Winter Springs, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-1.
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