Football Preview: Cypress Lake Panthers vs. Somerset Academy Panthers
The Cypress Lake Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Somerset Academy Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Somerset Academy is hoping to do what Mariner couldn't two weeks ago: put an end to Cypress Lake's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Cypress Lake blew past Mariner, posting a 40-7 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-0.
Cypress Lake got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Rashawn Anderson out in front who picked up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Joey Dube - Garrett was another key passer, throwing for 187 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Somerset Academy). Their defense stepped up to hand Pompano Beach a 62-0 shutout on Thursday. With that win, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 26.9 points per game.
Kayne Garbutt had an outrageously good game as he threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes. Antonio Wright was in the mix as well, providing Somerset Academy with two touchdowns.
Somerset Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zamar Smith and Sabien Mccloud. Another thorn in Pompano Beach's side was La?Bron Scharoun, who picked up two sacks and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Cypress Lake has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.0 points per game. As for Somerset Academy, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
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