A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Oviedo Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eustis is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Eustis is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were beaten by Mount Dora 56-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 138th).
Meanwhile, Oviedo came out on top against Evans on Friday by a score of 30-20 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Brock Joyce was his usual excellent self, rushing for 139 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Backing up that air attack was Chance Nixon, who rushed for 91 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Oviedo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Eustis' loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Oviedo, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
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