Football Preview: Palisades Dolphins vs. Venice Gondoliers
Palisades and Venice are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Palisades Dolphins will host the Venice Gondoliers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Venice is hoping to do what Westchester couldn't on Friday: put an end to Palisades' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Palisades came out on top against Westchester by a score of 42-34. That's two games straight that the Dolphins have won by exactly eight points.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jack Thomas and Jayden Hightower. Thomas had a great game and threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Hightower was balling out in the loss, throwing for 387 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.1% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Meanwhile, Venice never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past University 42-0 at home. Considering the Gondoliers have won three contests by more than 41 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Joshua Aaron, who rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Jaiden Noel, who threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Palisades' victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Venice, they pushed their record up to 3-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Palisades didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Venice in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 28-24 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Venice's Amir Smith, who rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also caught a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Palisades to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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