With a playoff game on the line, Palisades rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the South East Jaguars , sneaking past 35-32. The victory was nothing new for the Dolphins as they're now sitting on three straight.
A big part of Palisades' win came down to the chemistry between Jack Thomas and his top target Max Hejazi. Thomas threw for 227 yards and four touchdowns while Hejazi picked up 93 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Thomas has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last five times he's played. Harrison Carter helped Thomas out on the ground, rushing for 101 yards, while also picking up 60 receiving yards.
Despite the loss, South East still got an impressive performance from Edward Rivera, who rushed for 182 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Rivera is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game.
Palisades has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for South East, they moved to 6-4 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Palisades will square off against North Hollywood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Hollywood is coming into the game with five straight victories on the road, so Palisades will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. South East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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