After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Palm Beach Gardens is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Pahokee Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Palm Beach Gardens nor Pahokee posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Palm Beach Gardens' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Jupiter last Friday. The contest between them and the Warriors wasn't particularly close, with Palm Beach Gardens falling 17-0.
Even if they lost, Palm Beach Gardens' defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Keldrick Gooden. Joe Sykes was another major factor on D, making 17 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 43-8, which was the final score in Pahokee's tilt against Cardinal Newman on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Crusaders are ranked 17th).
Palm Beach Gardens' loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Pahokee, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Things could have been worse for Palm Beach Gardens, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 34-18 loss to Pahokee when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Palm Beach Gardens have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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