The Piper Bengals will head out to take on the Fort Lauderdale Flying L at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Piper has three straight wins, Fort Lauderdale has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Piper's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-0 victory over Boyd Anderson. That 48 point margin sets a new team best for the Bengals this season.
Jahnard Young
| 10/03/25 vs Boyd Anderson | 4 |
| 09/26/25 vs Coral Springs | 3 |
| 09/20/25 @ Blanche Ely | 2 |
| 08/29/25 @ Coconut Creek | 1 |
| 08/21/25 vs Peachtree Ridge | 1 |
Jahnard Young had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 156 yards and four TDs on only 11 carries. He is becoming a predictor of Piper's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Isaiah Theresias was in the mix too, providing the Bengals with two touchdowns.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Piper was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 96 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 249.3.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Piper's defense and their three sacks. Jaiden Watson refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself.
Meanwhile, Fort Lauderdale lost to Cooper City at home by a 21-6 margin two weeks ago.
Fort Lauderdale's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Piper, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Everything came up roses for Piper against Fort Lauderdale in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as the team secured a 55-23 win. In that matchup, the Bengals amassed a halftime lead of 35-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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