Cypress Lake and Northwestern squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Cypress Lake had to settle for second. They were outmatched by the Northwestern Bulls on the road and fell 48-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Bulls are ranked 29th).
Despite the loss, Cypress Lake still got an impressive performance from Rashawn Anderson, who picked up 156 receiving yards.
Leon Strawder was his usual excellent self, throwing for 336 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes for Northwestern. Strawder has been hot recently, having posted four or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. King Davis helped Strawder out on the ground, rushing for 62 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
The loss snapped Cypress Lake's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 7-6 record. As for Northwestern, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-2.
Cypress Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Northwestern, they will venture away from home to take on Eau Gallie at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Northwestern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season.
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