The Somerset Academy Panthers will square off against the Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Somerset Academy will be strutting in after a win while Pompano Beach will be coming in after a defeat.
Somerset Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 48-30 victory over Neumann on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Kayne Garbutt was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (109 yards to be exact) went to Amare Nugent, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Somerset Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
One reason for the win was Somerset Academy's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 4.5 sacks. Kayden Augustin was especially locked on to Neumann's QB and sacked him four times. Augustin also made four total tackles, which is notable because Somerset Academy is 4-2 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Pompano Beach was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 14-6 to Northeast.
Somerset Academy now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Pompano Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
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