The Pauls Valley Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the Perkins-Tryon Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Pauls Valley beat Purcell 21-15. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Perkins-Tryon entered their tilt with McLoud on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They blew past the Redskins 42-7. The result was nothing new for the Demons, who have now won six contests by 32 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Perkins-Tryon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Raiden Mclemore, who rushed for 88 yards and three touchdowns. Mclemore has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Another back making a difference was Braiton Applegate, who rushed for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Perkins-Tryon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Perkins-Tryon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Westin Atkinson and Wyatt Atkinson.
Perkins-Tryon's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37 points. As for Pauls Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Pauls Valley was dealt a bruising 56-7 defeat at the hands of Perkins-Tryon in their previous meeting back in November of 2020. Thankfully for Pauls Valley, Austin Mages (who threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries) 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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