It was fun while it lasted, but West Boca Raton's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 28-27 to the Western Wildcats. The Bulls gained 143 more yards on the day, but it was the Wildcats that made the best use of them.
Despite the defeat, West Boca Raton saw an underclassman step up: Trey Moran threw for 170 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards. The dominant performance gave Moran a new career-high in rushing yards. Anderson Gracilien was in the mix as well, providing West Boca Raton with two touchdowns.
A big part of Western's victory came down to the chemistry between Sebastian Circo and his top target Khamarian Young. Circo threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns while Young picked up 77 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, West Boca Raton fell to 5-1. As for Western, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-4.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Boca Raton will face off against Royal Palm Beach at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. West Boca Raton will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Western, they will challenge Goleman at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Goleman's defense has only allowed 13.5 points per game this season, so Western's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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