It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Plant City can now relate to. They and the West Orange Warriors were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but they suffered a 26-25 defeat. That makes it the first time this season the Raiders have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, Plant City still got an impressive performance from Chris Denson, who rushed for 235 yards and a touchdown while picking up 13.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes. Those 235 rushing yards gave Denson a new career-high.
Plant City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ta?Zayvion Miller and Masiyah Limehouse. Limehouse has been hot , having also posted at least one defended passe the last seven times he's played.
Even though they lost, Plant City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 335 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in ten consecutive matches.
It was another big night for Brian Dillard, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt for West Orange. Edison Delgado did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 112 receiving yards.
Plant City's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-3. As for West Orange, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-2.
Plant City does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Orange, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 55-26 defeat against Venice on the 29th.
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