Football Preview: Cypress Bay Lightning vs. Goleman Gators
The Cypress Bay Lightning will head out to face off against the Goleman Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cypress Bay's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. Everything went their way against McArthur as Cypress Bay made off with a 21-0 win.
Among those leading the charge was Jake Balanovich, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 134 yards on 13 of 21 attempts. A healthy portion of that aerial production (110 yards to be exact) went to Santi Paz.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Goleman on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Hialeah Gardens out of the water with a 41-6 final score. That looming 41-6 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Gators yet this season.
Goleman's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kyjuan Taylor Jr, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and Kingston Rust, who threw for 198 yards and a touchdown on only 18 passes. The dominant performance gave Taylor Jr a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cypress Bay now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Goleman, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-1.
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