The Gulf Buccaneers will take on the Countryside Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gulf is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.5 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Gulf beat Sunlake 26-15.
Antonio Muniz continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 159 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 105.5 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Jaydn Wood, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Gulf was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Countryside was not able to break out of their rough patch last Monday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against River Ridge, falling 63-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 531st, while the Royal Knights are ranked 165th).
The victory got Gulf back to even at 3-3. As for Countryside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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