Atlantic won the last time they faced Palm Beach Gardens, and things went their way on Friday too. The Atlantic Eagles breezed by the Palm Beach Gardens Gators at home to the tune of 42-3. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Gators are ranked 272nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lincoln Graf was the offensive standout of the contest as he rushed for 26 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 160 yards and a touchdown. Dylan Elie was in the mix too, providing Atlantic with two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Atlantic's defense and their 15 sacks. It was truly a group effort as Jamir Johnson, Jamar Dean, and Solomon Edwards picked up two apiece. With that strong performance, Dean is now averaging an impressive 3.5 total tackles per game. Atlantic got some further help from Moise Paul: he picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made seven total tackles.
The win made it two in a row for Atlantic and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Atlantic will welcome Jonesboro at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Palm Beach Gardens, they will face off against Santaluces at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Palm Beach Gardens focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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