The Polytech Panthers will challenge the Indian River Indians on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Polytech is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They breezed by First State Military Academy to the tune of 35-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Indian River waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They were the clear victor by a 34-14 margin over the Red Wolves. The Indians pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Wolves cut but never quite recovered from.
Indian River's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Davon Handy, who rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Handy's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another back making a difference was Jayvion Chandler, who rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Indian River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Indian River's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.8 points per game. As for Polytech, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Polytech suffered a grim 41-17 defeat to Indian River in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Indian River's Darnell Stokes Jr., who rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Polytech knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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