After two games on the road, Carol City is heading back home. They will host Somerset Prep at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Carol City's defense has only allowed 13.8 points per game this season, so Somerset Prep's offense will have their work cut out for them.
If Carol City beats Somerset Prep with 20 points on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Carol City enjoyed a cozy 20-3 victory over Belen Jesuit on Friday. Given the Chiefs' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Wolverines are ranked 333rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Randy Phillips had a dynamite game for Carol City, throwing for 321 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushing for 108 yards on only nine carries. Those 108 rushing yards gave Phillips a new career-high. Shamar Fowles was Phillips' top target, picking up 139 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Carol City wouldn't let Belen Jesuit keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Carol City can thank Lawrence Johnson and Kai Waters for forcing both of them. Carol City got some further help from Jordan Campbell: he made nine total tackles (5.0 for loss) and defended two passes.
Carol City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Somerset Prep fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They strolled past Avant Garde Academy with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 36-22. Somerset Prep pushed the score to 30-6 by the end of the third, a deficit Avant Garde Academy cut but never quite recovered from.
Carol City's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Somerset Prep, their win bumped their record up to 3-6.
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