Football Recap: Cooper City Drops Highest Score of Season Against South Plantation + How To Watch

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cooper City). They walked away with a 56-49 win over the South Plantation Paladins on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cowboys considering their seven-point performance the game before.

Ace Taylor

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/17/25 @ South Plantation	140
09/12/25 vs Hollywood Hills	118
09/25/25 @ Fort Lauderdale	113
09/19/25 vs Pembroke Pines Charter	107
09/27/24 vs Fort Lauderdale	107

Cooper City's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ace Taylor, who rushed for 140 yards and three scores, and also picked up 33 receiving yards. Those 140 rushing yards gave Taylor a new career-high. Ricky Martin helped out on the ground, rushing for 94 yards.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Cooper City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Several Paladins players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kamary Cooper, who rushed for 171 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 93 receiving yards and one TD. Cooper is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 151 every time he's taken the field this season. Nixon Kalish was another key player, throwing for 461 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per attempt.

Cooper City's win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-3. As for South Plantation, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 6-2.

Cooper City didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 34-27 defeat against Cypress Bay on the 24th. As for South Plantation, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 55-0 loss against McArthur on the 23rd.