The Heritage Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Mainland Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Heritage's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Westwood, posting a 30-0 win at home. The result was nothing new for Heritage, who have now won three games by 30 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Mainland strolled past DeLand with points to spare last Friday, taking the game 42-27. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buccaneers.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mainland to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sebastian Johnson, who threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 31 yards. Jameil Patrick was Johnson's top target, picking up 111 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mainland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 296 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 97 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 162.
Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Mainland, their win bumped their record up to 2-5.
Heritage came up short against Mainland in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, falling 21-14. Will Heritage have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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