Football Game Preview: Forest Hill Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 1:20am

Football Preview: Forest Hill Falcons vs. Royal Palm Beach Wildcats

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Forest Hill and Royal Palm Beach are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Forest Hill Falcons will take on the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Forest Hill is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.

Forest Hill's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 47-0 win over Olympic Heights at home. Give the Falcons' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Forest Hill's receiving core played a big role in the win, headlined by Josiah Hansen and Asher Storey. Hansen rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown while Storey gained 80 total yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of thosereceiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 73 yards.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Forest Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 360 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Royal Palm Beach entered their contest against Dwyer on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Royal Palm Beach took a 21-6 bruising from Dwyer. Having soared to a lofty 40 points in the game before, the Wildcats couldn't push the score so high this time.

Forest Hill's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Royal Palm Beach, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 3-1 record.

Everything came up roses for Forest Hill against Royal Palm Beach when the teams last played back in September of 2018 as the team secured a 41-7 win. Will Forest Hill repeat their success, or does Royal Palm Beach have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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