The Panthers forced four turnovers and James Few threw for a season best 314 yards as Plant clinched its seventh straight district title. The Panthers dominated the Ravens winning 48-6.

The Robert Weiner led Panthers featured a bend, but don’t break, defense. The Ravens only score came on a 65-yard reception by Brandon Holloway who had 130 total yards of offense.

“Only on one play did they break it the whole way,” coach Weiner said. “The four or five other big plays that they had in the game we were able to get a stop in the red zone and stop them from scoring. That’s really the trademark of our defense.”

The Panthers recovered three fumbles and came up with an interception to start the second half.

Reeves Rogers, Tate Rogers and Terrance Jenkins recovered fumbles while Keenan Stalls intercepted a Brandon Hawkins pass.

The Plant front seven forced Hawkins and the rest of the Alonso rushing attack outside where the Panther speed was on display. Tate Rogers, on top of his fumble recovery, had 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss. Senior defensive lineman Patrick Wright also notched 2.5 sacks for Plant.

The Panthers were also able to neutralize Alonso’s biggest threat – Ish Witter. Plant held Witter to under 50 yards rushing and really bottled him up between the tackles

Outside of the big play by Holloway the positives for Alonso were few and far between. Eddie Castillo did however showcase his speed as he was just one block away on three different kick returns from taking it to the house.

The win notches 20 consecutive district wins for Plant and is its seventh consecutive over Alonso.

“Plant’s the one you measure yourself to, and we’re obviously not there yet, but we will be,” Alonso coach Brian Emanuel said. “We’re a lot better than we have been, but we’re not there yet.”

Plant (7-0, 2-0) will have its biggest test of the year next week as they travel to Seffner to face the Armwood Hawks.

Alonso (5-2, 1-1) will have take on Tampa Catholic next week as it tries to get back in the win column.