Football Game Preview: Fleming Island Golden Eagles vs. Beachside Barracudas

By Team Reports Oct 6, 2024, 10:20pm

Football Preview: Fleming Island Golden Eagles vs. Beachside Barracudas

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Two dominant signal callers in Cibastian Broughton and Eddie Jordan are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Fleming Island Golden Eagles will stay at home for another week and welcome the Beachside Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Fleming Island has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 125 points over their last three contests.

Last Friday, Fleming Island didn't have quite enough to beat Creekside and fell 48-45. The Golden Eagles were up 21-7 in the second but couldn't hold on to the lead.

Fleming Island might have lost, but man, Broughton was a machine: he threw for 359 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 90 yards on only ten carries. That's the most rushing yards Broughton has posted since back in October of 2023. Trace Burney was Broughton's top target, picking up 192 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

Meanwhile, Beachside waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Toros 29-26.

Fleming Island's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Beachside, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.

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