The Gateway Panthers will take on the St. Cloud Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gateway will be strutting in after a win while St. Cloud will be coming in after a loss.
Gateway is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let Liberty onto the board and left with a 24-0 victory on Wednesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Panthers with their most commanding win of the season.
Joshua Fuller was a one-man wrecking crew for Gateway as he rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Gateway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
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 Nathaniel Cadogan and Isaiah Noel.
Meanwhile, St. Cloud was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 23-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lake Nona.
Gateway's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-3. As for St. Cloud, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Gateway was taken down by St. Cloud 46-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Cloud's Terrence ?Tj? Griffin, who rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and also picked up 37 receiving yards. Now that Gateway knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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