Thursday, September 8th, the Panthers met with the Newton Municipal High School Tigers on the Panthers’ own territory as this was the first home game in the season for the Panthers. The game started off with the Panthers losing the coin toss and would receive the ball. The Tigers kicked off the game with a punt into the Panther’s 45 yard line. Akylin Dear, on the carry for the Panthers, ran the ball to the Tiger’s 40 yard line. #41 Sophomore Linebacker Jeremiah Harris, carried the ball to the Tiger 10 yard line and earned a first down. Dear back on the carry, scored a touchdown for the Panthers followed by a successful PAT from Jias Davis. The score was Panthers 7 - Tigers 0. Jaliel Cameron kicked to the Tiger 25 yard line, but the Tigers advanced to the Panther’s 45 yard line. The Tigers advanced to the Panthers’ end zone and scored a touchdown. After an unsuccessful attempt at a two point conversion, the Panthers still held the lead by 1 point. Panthers 7 - Tigers 6. The Tigers kicked the ball to the Panther’s 45. Quitman punted the ball to the 33. Tigers on the carry attempted a pass but was intercepted by #19 Senior Defensive Back Keshawn McDonald at the Tiger 40. #4 Sophomore Wide Receiver on the carry earned a first down at the Tiger 29 yardline. Dear on the carry, scored another touchdown for the Panthers. With a successful kick from Davis at the PAT, the Panthers’ score at the end of the first quarter of the game was Panthers 14 - Tigers 6.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Jaliel Cameron kicked the ball to the Tiger 14 yard line. The Panthers gained control of the ball at the Tiger 11 yard line. Dear scored the touchdown for the Panthers, but the PAT was bad. The score was Panthers 20 - Tigers 6. Cameron kicked the ball to the Tigers’ 35 yard line. Quitman gained the ball after a few plays and pushed the ball to the Tigers’ 45 yard line. Davis scored the next touchdown for the Panthers and kicked a successful PAT. The score was Panther’s 27 - Tigers 6. Cameron kicked the ball to the Tiger 24 yardline. The Tigers pushed the Panthers back to the Tiger 45, but Cameron ran the ball to the Tiger 30 yard line after an interception by #29 Sophomore Defensive Back, Jaden Hamilton. Dear scored the next touchdown for the Panthers, and the attempted two point conversion was good. The score was Panthers 35 - Tigers 6. By the end of the second quarter, Davis on the carry, scored another touchdown for the Panthers and followed it up with a successful PAT. The halftime score was Panthers 42-6.
In the third quarter, the Panthers’ play, lasting the entire quarter, started with Quitman kicking to the Tiger 30 yard line. The Tigers pushed the Panthers back to their 10 yard line. The Tigers attempted a pass that was intercepted by #9 Senior Defensive Back Keshawn Vaughn at the Panther 4 yardline. Dear on the carry, ran the ball to the Tiger 45 yard line and earned a first down for the Panthers. Panthers advanced to Tiger 12 where the ball was passed to #11 Senior Wide Receiver Braylon Peters on the Tiger 2 yard line. Dear scored the touchdown, but the PAT was no good. The score was now Panthers 48 - Tigers 6. Davis kicked the ball to the Tiger 35 yard line at the end of the quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Peters ran the ball to the Tiger end zone where the Panthers attempted a two point conversion that was no good. The score was now Panthers 54 - Tigers 6.
At the end of the game, the Tigers scored the final touchdown of the game with a successful two point conversion leaving the final score of the game Panthers 54 - 14. Please join us for the Homecoming game this Friday where the Panthers will face off against the Kemper County Wildcats at 7:30 p.m.
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