The Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the DeLand Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Flagler Palm Coast is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Matanzas to the tune of 68-26 on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-14.
Flagler Palm Coast's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Braylyn Simmons, who rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 55 receiving yards and a touchdown. Simmons' longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards. Robbie Dailey did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 90 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, DeLand had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Lake Gibson on Friday as DeLand made off with a 42-21 win.
Marceles Carey was his usual excellent self, rushing for 143 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 40 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Gardner Nordman, who threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes.
Flagler Palm Coast's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.6 points per game. As for DeLand, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Flagler Palm Coast took a serious blow against DeLand when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 58-23. Can Flagler Palm Coast avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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