Palisades was the 28-24 winner over Venice when they last played one another back in October of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Palisades Dolphins and the Venice Gondoliers were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but the Palisades Dolphins suffered a 45-44 defeat. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Dolphins still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Palisades still got an impressive performance from Jack Thomas, who threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. Palisades is undefeated when Thomas posts 250 or more passing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. 126 of those passing yards were hauled in by King Demethris, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Venice found their leader in underclassman Jaiden Noel, who threw for 314 yards and five touchdowns while completing 74.3% of his passes. Those 314 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Noel. Nathan Santacruz did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 96 receiving yards.
With the loss, Palisades broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-2. As for Venice, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Palisades will head out to challenge University at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Palisades is facing University at the right time seeing as University is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Venice, they will venture away from home to take on Fairfax at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Venice has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 135 points over their last three matchups.
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