Palm Beach Gardens is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Palm Beach Central a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Palm Beach Gardens Gators will look to defend their home field against the Palm Beach Central Broncos at 6:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Palm Beach Gardens came into this matchup off a tough 20-point defeat last Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Seminole Ridge by a score of 17-14 on Friday. The contest marked the Gators' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Brandon Garland
| 08/29/25 vs Santaluces | 144 |
| 09/05/25 vs Jupiter | 95 |
| 09/26/25 vs Seminole Ridge | 84 |
| 08/22/25 vs Atlantic | 58 |
| 09/19/25 vs Pahokee | 45 |
Despite the loss, Palm Beach Gardens got top-tier performance from Wilfred Coicou, who rushed for 66 yards and one TD on only five carries, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Brandon Garland also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Palm Beach Central and Jupiter, and Jupiter kept the tradition alive. The Broncos fell 27-20 to the Warriors on Friday.
Defeat or not, Palm Beach Central got some senior leadership from Antoine Perry and Chance Routson. Perry picked up 145 receiving yards and a pair of scores, while Routson threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns. Perry really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 83 yards.
Palm Beach Gardens' loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Palm Beach Central, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-4.
Palm Beach Gardens took a serious blow against Palm Beach Central when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 48-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Routson, who threw for 265 yards and three TDs while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punched in one touchdown on the ground. Now that the Gators know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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