After each having a week off, the Benjamin Buccaneers and the Palm Beach Central Broncos will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Benjamin comes in on three and Palm Beach Central on four.
Benjamin is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Seminole Ridge 49-14 at home last Friday. With the Buccaneers ahead 42-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Phoenix Donghia was his usual excellent self, rushing for 193 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 138 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Jayden Vega, who threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Benjamin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 67 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 216.3.
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Central got themselves on the board against Palm Beach Gardens last Friday, but Palm Beach Gardens never followed suit. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Gators 48-0 at home. With that win, the Broncos brought their scoring average up to 27.2 points per game.
Chance Routson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Frankie Vomero helped Routson out on the ground, rushing for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
The victory got Benjamin back to even at 3-3. As for Palm Beach Central, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Benjamin couldn't quite finish off Palm Beach Central in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 27-24. Will Benjamin have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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