The Glades Day Gators will welcome the Canterbury Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Glades Day is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 43-41 victory over Boca Raton Christian. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gators.
Meanwhile, Canterbury came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 52-40 win over Faith Christian on Friday.
Kyle Scharlau had a dynamite game for Canterbury, rushing for 177 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 30 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Scharlau a new career-high in rushing yards. Canterbury also got a significant boost from Anthony Valenzuela, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 85 yards.
Canterbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Canterbury didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Scharlau and AZ Levatte.
The victory got Glades Day back to even at 4-4. As for Canterbury, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-6.
Glades Day didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Canterbury when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 19-15 victory. Does Glades Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will Canterbury turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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