It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Palisades can now relate to. They lost 56-35 to the King/Drew Golden Eagles on Saturday. The Dolphins' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
When it comes to explaining why Palisades lost, don't look at Jack Thomas. Despite the final result, he threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown. Thomas has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last eight times he's played. Another player making a difference was Max Hejazi, who picked up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Keenan Jackson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 237 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes for King/Drew.
Palisades' defeat dropped their record down to 11-3. As for King/Drew, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Palisades does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for King/Drew, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Portola at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with King/Drew sitting on five straight victories and Portola on four.
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