Football Preview: Cypress Lake Panthers vs. Key West Conchs
The Cypress Lake Panthers will take on the Key West Conchs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cypress Lake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Somerset Academy as Cypress Lake made off with a 27-7 win. The victory was nothing new for Cypress Lake as they're now sitting on four straight.
Joey Dube - Garrett looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 215 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards (21). Isaiah Livingstone handled things on the ground, rushing for 92 yards.
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 Key West on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Estero out of the water with a 42-7 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Jaden Fox continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 139 yards and four touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards.
Key West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in 21 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Key West didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Leandro Batista and Walson Morin.
Key West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 31.8 points per game. As for Cypress Lake, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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