The Midway Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Harker Heights Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Midway's defense has only allowed 14 points per game this season, so Harker Heights' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Midway is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Mansfield just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 29-15 bruising from the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Tigers are ranked 42nd).
Midway might have lost, but man, Lathan Whisenton was a machine: he rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Whisenton a new career-high in rushing yards. Tyler Seith also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 175 receiving yards.
Midway's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Tyron Roberts, Landon Whisenton, and Whisenton picked up one apiece. Whisenton is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed nine in total. All came courtesy of Abraham Bustamante: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points.
Meanwhile, Harker Heights didn't have quite enough to beat Midlothian on Friday and fell 47-45. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (38), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Having lost for the first time this season, Midway fell to 3-1. As for Harker Heights, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Midway lost to Harker Heights on the road by a decisive 28-14 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Midway, Dylan Plake (who threw for 182 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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