Ashdown and Malvern are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Ashdown Panthers will face off against the Malvern Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Ashdown is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Genoa Central: they outscored them in every quarter. Ashdown never let Genoa Central onto the board and left with a 34-0 victory on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 28 point advantage.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Malvern). They claimed a resounding 52-12 win over Harmony Grove on the road. The result was nothing new for the Leopards, who have now won three matchups by 22 points or more so far this season.
Malvern can attribute much of their success to Sedrick ?Bishop? Allen, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and Jabori Jacobs, who rushed for 102 yards on only five carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Malvern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in 16 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The victory made it two in a row for Ashdown and bumps their season record up to 3-2. As for Malvern, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Ashdown was dealt a bruising 38-8 loss at the hands of Malvern in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Ashdown, Jalen Dupree (who rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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