Football Preview: Palisades Dolphins vs. Westchester Comets
Palisades has gone 9-1 against Westchester recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Palisades Dolphins will look to defend their home field against the Westchester Comets at 7:30 p.m. Palisades is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.5 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Palisades was able to grind out a solid victory over Fairfax, taking the game 22-14. The 22-point effort marked the Dolphins' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Palisades can attribute much of their success to Jack Thomas, who threw for 149 yards and a touchdown, and Harrison Carter, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Palisades didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jake Treibatch and Nico Townsley. Treibatch is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Westchester put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by University at home to the tune of 48-0. The result was nothing new for the Comets, who have now won four games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Westchester's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jayden Hightower, who threw for 134 yards and four touchdowns, and Justen Key, who rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Key a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Westchester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win made it two in a row for Palisades and bumps their season record up to 5-1. As for Westchester, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Everything came up roses for Palisades against Westchester when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 37-6 win. Does Palisades have another victory up their sleeve, or will Westchester turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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