The Cypress Lake Panthers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Mariner Tritons at 7:30 p.m. Cypress Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.7 points per game this season.
Cypress Lake will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Lemon Bay, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Cypress Lake blew past Lemon Bay, posting a 47-6 victory. Considering the Panthers have won three matches by more than 39 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cypress Lake had a senior duo take command as Joey Dube - Garrett threw for 376 yards and six touchdowns and Rashawn Anderson picked up 205 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 205 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Anderson. A healthy portion of Dube - Garrett's aerial production (93 yards to be exact) also went to Zeke Dube-Garrett.
Meanwhile, a win for Mariner just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 26-6 to Cape Coral. While losing is never fun, the Tritons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Seahawks are ranked 133rd).
Cypress Lake is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Mariner, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.
Everything went Cypress Lake's way against Mariner in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, as Cypress Lake made off with a 42-21 victory. In that matchup, Cypress Lake amassed a halftime lead of 35-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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