University has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Palisades Dolphins at 7:30 p.m. University's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three contests, but Friday's match will give them a chance to turn things around.
University's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Hamilton on Friday. They took a hard 14-0 fall against the Yankees.
University didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tareq Abdul and D'Elliott Jones.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Palisades' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They and Venice were almost perfectly matched up, but Palisades suffered a 45-44 defeat. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Dolphins still had to take the loss.
Palisades might have lost, but man, Jack Thomas was a machine: he threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. Thomas is becoming a predictor of Palisades' success: when he posts at least 250 passing yards the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Harrison Carter helped Thomas out on the ground, rushing for 138 yards while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also picking up 62 receiving yards and a touchdown.
University's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Palisades, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
University took a serious blow against Palisades in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, falling 56-12. Thankfully for University, Roman La Scala (who threw for 178 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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