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ing to be a gritty one.

But playing on a slippery, muddy field with rain and wind to boot meant that the winning team was likely going to need to find success on the ground to pull it out.

Early on, it seemed that was exactly what Rising Sun wanted.

The Tigers con- trolled the game for most of the first half, hopping out to a 10-0 lead to start things off. They were a couple of plays away from a potential touchdown at the end of the second quarter, but a couple of ill-advised mistakes forced them to kick a field goal for the 10-point halftime lead. continued on A-4

Panthers upset Green Street 17-16 in 2nd-round

By Victor Hensley BALTIMORE,

MD - There haven't been too many games this season where Perryville has had to fight tooth and nail to eke out a win.

They haven’t been met with too many teams that run hard, play defense even harder and elect to punt only in the most dire of situations.

But, regardless of the unfamiliar territory, the Panthers (7-4) didn’t miss a beat in their trip to Baltimore, upsetting the Green Street Academy Chargers (4-4) in a one-point road win, 17-16, last Saturday in the second round of the MPSSAA 1A state playoffs.

With the win, Perryville punched its ticket to the state quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.

“This was good because we really hadn’t had an opportunity to face adcontinued on A-6