LANCASTER \u2014 Three Lancaster-area highschool soccer groups are nonetheless alive within the playoffs and can play within the regional quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 7.
In Division III, Area 11, No. 7 Bloom-Carroll (8-3) will journey to face No. 2 Licking Valley (10-0). No. 8 Fairfield Union (7-4) is at No. 1 New Lexington (9-1) in Division IV, Area 15, and in Division VII, Area 27, No. 3 Fisher Catholic (8-2) hosts No. 11 Danville (6-5) at Fulton Discipline.
This can be a repeat of final 12 months\u2019s playoff recreation. The Panthers had been capable of decelerate the Bulldogs\u2019 high-powered offense simply sufficient to come back away with a victory at house.
This season, Bloom-Carroll, which is led by senior linebacker Aidan Scholz, who has 139 tackles, depends on its protection. The Bulldogs have allowed 17 factors or fewer in all however one recreation. The Panthers earned a first-round bye, whereas Bloom-Carroll needed to rally for a 21-14 win in opposition to Linden McKinley in its first playoff recreation. Bloom-Carroll trailed 14-7 halfway by means of the fourth quarter earlier than scoring a pair of touchdowns, the primary approaching a 33-yard landing move from Matthew Cline to Evan Cardenas, and the game-winner was a landing run from Kyson Cline.
The Panthers are led by quarterback Brody Rodgers, who has accomplished an eye-popping 74 % of his passes for 1,674 yards and 18 touchdowns, whereas Donevin Ghiloni has rushed for 1,383 yards and 17 touchdowns.
This can be a rematch of Week 1 when the Falcons misplaced 26-6 to New Lexington. Fairfield Union has overcome a sluggish begin after going simply 1-3 in its first 4 video games. Nevertheless, since then, the Falcons have received six of their final seven video games and are presently on a five-game profitable streak, together with a playoff-opening 22-3 win over Heath. The mixed opponents’ file of the Falcons\u2019 4 losses is 36-7.
The Falcons wish to run the ball, and junior Dean Clark has had the recent hand of late by speeding for over 300 yards and 6 touchdowns within the final two video games.
The Irish stunned many this season, and whereas they needed to overcome main accidents, they saved discovering methods to win. They earned a first-round bye, and it couldn\u2019t have come at a greater time to hopefully get a few of their key gamers again.
Danville enters the sport with 5 losses, however the Blue Devils have a wealthy profitable custom within the playoffs. They appear to have their offensive rhythm as a result of within the final two video games, they’ve scored a mixed 106 factors, beating rival East Knox 52-12, and within the opening spherical of playoffs, cruised previous Central Catholic 54-0.
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