It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Orange can now relate to. They were outmatched by the Venice Indians on the road and fell 55-26. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Indians are ranked sixth).
Despite the loss, West Orange still got an impressive performance from Devonte Anderson, who picked up 162 receiving yards and two touchdowns. West Orange is undefeated when Anderson posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 2-3 otherwise. Brian Dillard was another key player, throwing for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
Even if they lost, West Orange's defensive line still kept up the pressure with nine sacks. Venice's QB won't forget Nolan Turner anytime soon given he sacked him 2.5 times. Another thorn in Venice's side was Ivan Taylor, who picked up 0.5 sacks, made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Gata Wilder was his usual excellent self, rushing for 238 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries for Venice. Wilder's longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Winston Watkins Jr. was in the mix too, providing Venice with two touchdowns.
West Orange's defeat dropped their record down to 10-3. As for Venice, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-1.
West Orange does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Venice has also already played their next match, a 33-27 victory against Columbus on the 6th.
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