The Gateway Regional Gators will stay at home for another week and welcome the Pitman Panthers on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gateway Regional's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Mastery, posting a 33-0 victory at home. The match marked the Gators' most dominant win of the season.
Aidan Barbato went supernova for Gateway Regional, rushing for 180 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Barbato a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Gianni Pembroke, who threw for 89 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Pitman waltzed into their game two weeks ago with three straight wins... but they left with four. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wildcats 35-0 on the road. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 27 points or more this season.
The victory got Gateway Regional back to even at 4-4. As for Pitman, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Gateway Regional ended up a good deal behind Pitman when the teams last played back in October of 2023, losing 20-6. Can Gateway Regional avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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