After flying high against McArthur back in September, Cypress Bay came back down to earth. The Cypress Bay Lightning took a 28-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Goleman Gators. While losing is never fun, the Lightning can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Gators are ranked 137th).
When it comes to explaining why Cypress Bay lost on Saturday, don't look at Jake Balanovich. Despite the final result, he threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. 106 of those passing yards were hauled in by Santi Paz.
Kyjuan Taylor Jr was a one-man wrecking crew for Goleman as he rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Taylor Jr a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cypress Bay's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Goleman, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Cypress Bay has already played their next matchup, a 35-20 loss against Flanagan on the 4th. As for Goleman, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 21-6 defeat against Cardinal Newman on the 4th.
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