Football Preview: Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes vs. Somerset Academy Panthers
The Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes are taking a road trip to challenge the Somerset Academy Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pompano Beach hasn't scored more than six points for three games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Last Friday, Pompano Beach came up short against Northeast and fell 14-6.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Somerset Academy). They enjoyed a cozy 48-30 win over Neumann on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Somerset Academy found their leader in freshman Kayne Garbutt, who threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Those 344 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Garbutt. Amare Nugent also helped out as he racked up 109 receiving yards.
Somerset Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Somerset Academy's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB 4.5 times. In that department, Kayden Augustin was the leader with four sacks. He also made four total tackles, which is notable because Somerset Academy is 4-2 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Pompano Beach's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Somerset Academy, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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