Goleman is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Hialeah is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Goleman Gators will welcome the Hialeah Thoroughbreds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Goleman is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Western on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Goleman came up short against Western, falling 31-6. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Wildcats are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, Hialeah won against Hialeah-Miami Lakes two weeks ago with 56 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Hialeah breezed by American on the road to the tune of 56-0. The Thoroughbreds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 28 points or more this season.
Hialeah can attribute much of their success to Ryan Mathis, who gained 223 total yards and three touchdowns, and Byron Reese Jr, who rushed for 35 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Mathis a new career-high in rushing yards. Another signal caller making a difference was Jayden Bernard, who threw for 115 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hialeah was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Goleman's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Hialeah, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Goleman was taken down by Hialeah 42-13 in their previous meeting back in November of 2018. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Goleman was down 34-7.
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