The Royal Palm Beach Wildcats will take on the West Boca Raton Bulls at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 855 yards in their previous games.
West Boca Raton is hoping to do what Dr. Joaquin Garcia couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Royal Palm Beach's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Royal Palm Beach skirted past Dr. Joaquin Garcia 25-23.
A big part of Royal Palm Beach's win came down to the chemistry between Max Griner and his top target Demetrice Rolle. Griner threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns while Rolle rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Griner a new career-high in rushing yards (50).
Meanwhile, West Boca Raton entered their tilt with Atlantic on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They enjoyed a cozy 28-14 victory over the Eagles.
Javian Mallory was his usual excellent self, rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry.
West Boca Raton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to West Boca Raton's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Xavier Reid was the leader with two. Another thorn in Atlantic's side was Maxwell Reid, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
West Boca Raton pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.0 points per game. As for Royal Palm Beach, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Royal Palm Beach was able to grind out a solid victory over West Boca Raton in their previous meeting back in August of 2019, winning 34-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Royal Palm Beach since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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