Panthers trounce Kent County behind

Ayers’ 3 TDs, advance to 2nd round

By Victor Hensley

PERRYVILLE - Of all the teams entering the postseason last week, few were on as steep of an upward trajectory as Perryville, having won its previous two games by a combined score of 61-0 to earn the region’s No. 3 seed.

And, building off of that momentum, it took just one half for the Panthers to prove why they deserve a shot at a state title.

Perryville (6-4) proceeded to wallop the visiting Kent County Trojans (3-7) last Friday by putting up 44 points in the first half en route to an eventual 44-14 victory in the opening round of the MPSSAA 1A playoffs.

“I told the kids, I was like, ‘We’ve got two choices we can make this week,’” said Sean Sandora, the Panthers’ head coach, after the blowout win. “‘We continued on