Football Recap: Palm Beach Central Broncos vs. Palm Beach Gardens Gators
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palm Beach Central). They breezed by the Palm Beach Gardens Gators at home to the tune of 48-0 on Friday. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Gators are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chance Routson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) went to Preston Parker, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Palm Beach Central, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. As for Palm Beach Gardens, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
Palm Beach Central will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Benjamin at 6:30 p.m. on October 18th. Palm Beach Central's defense has only allowed 13.5 points per game this season, so Benjamin's offense will have their work cut out for them. After each having a week off, Palm Beach Gardens and Royal Palm Beach will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. on October 18th. Royal Palm Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.7 points per game this season.
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