Football Preview: Columbus Explorers vs. Spanish River Sharks
Columbus has won three straight games at home, while Spanish River has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Columbus Explorers will welcome the Spanish River Sharks at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Back in October, Columbus humbled Archbishop Carroll with a 35-6 victory. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 271st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Columbus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Vicente Gonzalez, who threw for 87 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Meanwhile, while Spanish River put up plenty of points on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Stoneman Douglas. Spanish River blew past Stoneman Douglas, posting a 48-0 win.
Columbus is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.8 points per game. As for Spanish River, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
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