Venice and Palisades are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Venice Gondoliers will face off against the Palisades Dolphins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Venice's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by University at home to the tune of 42-0. The result was nothing new for the Gondoliers, who have now won three games by 42 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Joshua Aaron, who rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Jaiden Noel, who threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Palisades had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Comets by a score of 42-34. The Dolphins pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Comets cut but never quite recovered from.
Jack Thomas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 225 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 39 yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of that aerial production (90 yards to be exact) went to Max Hejazi, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Venice has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Palisades, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Venice came up short against Palisades in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 28-24. Can Venice avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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