Pioneer has gone 3-0 against South Park recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Pioneer Panthers will face off against the South Park Sparks at 7:05 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Pioneer has four wins , while South Park has three).
Pioneer's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cheektowaga 70-0 at home. That 70 point margin sets a new team best for the Panthers this season.
Meanwhile, South Park took their matchup at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 58-28 victory over Iroquois. Given the Sparks' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Redhawks are ranked 267th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Adam Nunes had a dynamite game for South Park, rushing for 593 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 22.8 yards per carry. Nunes really tore up the turf during one magnificent 93-yard run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 655 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 276 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
South Park'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 Donald Porter and Nunes. Nunes is also crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 135 every time he's taken the field this season.
Pioneer's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for South Park, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Everything went Pioneer's way against South Park when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Pioneer made off with a 42-22 win. Does Pioneer have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Park turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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