The Countryside Cougars will challenge the Gulf Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Countryside's defense has only allowed 8.7 points per game this season, so Gulf's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Countryside is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 27-0 victory over River Ridge. Considering the Cougars have won seven matches by more than 21 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Countryside didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Atina Acosta, Aaliyah Lopez, and Lily Smith picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Gulf got themselves on the board against Clearwater on Tuesday, but Clearwater never followed suit. They came out on top against the Tornadoes by a score of 12-0. The final result isn't all the surprising considering the Buccaneers' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 357th).
The win (which was Countryside's third in a row) raised their record to 10-6. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points over those games. As for Gulf, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-2.
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