The Eau Gallie Commodores will challenge the Northwestern Bulls at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Eau Gallie sitting on four straight victories and Northwestern on eight.
Eau Gallie is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They had just enough and edged Bishop Moore out 26-24. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Commodores have posted since August 23rd.
Eau Gallie got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Tay Welch out in front who rushed for 157 yards. The dominant performance gave Welch a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmanuel Small, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Eau Gallie was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. They are a perfect 3-0 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Meanwhile, while Northwestern put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Cypress Lake. Northwestern blew past Cypress Lake, posting a 48-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bulls, who have now won eight matchups by 35 points or more so far this season.
Leon Strawder was his usual excellent self, throwing for 336 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. He 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.
Northwestern didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Desmond Johnson and Lineten Belizaire.
Northwestern's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.1 points. As for Eau Gallie, their win bumped their record up to 12-1.
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