The Palm Beach Gardens Gators will square off against the Palm Beach Central Broncos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Palm Beach Gardens will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Palm Beach Gardens is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Seminole Ridge, who was ranked first at the time (Palm Beach Gardens was ranked 16th). The Gators fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 26-24 on Tuesday. It was the first time this season that the Gators let down their fans at home.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Myla Alligood and Aubrey Fogel. Fogel had a great game and threw for 401 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of her passes. Meanwhile, Alligood was balling out in the loss, throwing for 301 yards and three TDs, while also punching in one score on the ground.
Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Palm Beach Central walked away with it. They never let the Lancers get on the board and left with a 20-0 victory on Monday. The Broncos might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 20 points or more this season.
The win (which was Palm Beach Central's third in a row) raised their record to 9-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 3.0 points on average over those games. As for Palm Beach Gardens, their loss dropped their record down to 9-3.
Everything went Palm Beach Gardens' way against Palm Beach Central in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, as Palm Beach Gardens made off with a 20-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Gators since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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