The Venice Gondoliers will host the Franklin Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Venice will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Last Friday, Venice beat Westchester 28-15. The Gondoliers pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Comets cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Joshua Aaron and Landon Davis. Aaron had a solid game and rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Davis did his best for the losing side, rushing for 62 yards and a touchdown.
Venice didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as William Oeser, Grandison Johnson, and Malachi Brown picked up one apiece. Venice is undefeated when Johnson posts one or more interceptions, but 3-4 otherwise. Venice got some further help from Jonathan Sharp: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (4.5 for loss).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Franklin's good fortune finally ran out two weeks ago. They took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of Eagle Rock. Despite 109 more yards than the Eagles, the Panthers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Eduardo Cuevas, who threw for 383 yards and two touchdowns. De?Andre Dedmon also helped out as he racked up 130 receiving yards.
Venice is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.3 points per game. As for Franklin, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4.
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