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Palm Beach Gardens 28, West Boca Raton 6: Gators run away from Bulls
Thursday, September 08, 2011
by
Jeff Greer
Neither a 45-minute lightning delay nor a typically stout West Boca Raton defense could slow down Palm Beach Gardens' two-headed rushing attack on Thursday.
Gardens' running backs Alex Clark (102 yards) and Roshard Burney (89) overpowered West Boca and led the Gators to a 28-6 victory.
Clark scored three touchdowns, while the Gardens' defense tallied three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
"Tonight was obviously Alex's night - he had a strong game," Gardens coach Chris Davis said. "But Roshard really came alive in the second half and ran with a lot of swag and ran with a lot of attitude."
Gardens (2-0) is off to a fast start, outscoring its first two opponents 71-6. The Gators ran for 367 yards in their season-opening rout of Palm Beach Lakes, and though they didn't match that total against West Boca, they still wore down their opponent in similar fashion.
West Boca (0-2) struggled on defense without two of its starting linebackers.
"We had a lot of things that weren't normal," West Boca coach Willie Dodaro said. "We're just not full strength. There were just a few things that, if we had done them right, we would've been in the game."
West Boca started strong, intercepting a J.P. Caruso pass late in the first quarter and converting the turnover into a Zach Miner 1-yard touchdown run for a 6-0 lead.
After that, it was West Boca that was burned by turnovers.
The Bulls moved into Gardens territory twice, turning the ball over on downs in the first half and losing an interception in the second.
The miscues wasted a 171-yard rushing performance by Eugene Bethea.
"We were our worst enemy," Dodaro said. "We made mistakes on some key drives and it hurt us. We stopped our own momentum when we needed it."
After being routed by Fort Pierce Central in their spring game, the Gators have won their three games this fall by an average of 38 points.
"I'm just ready to start preparing for next week," said a smiling Davis.
Centennial 31, Sebastian River 24: Mike Nesmith rushed for 95 yards and a TD on 13 carries to lead the Eagles (1-1) past the Sharks (0-2) in Sebastian. Ty Jackson added a passing TD and a rushing TD for Centennial.
Boca Christian game suspended: The Blazers (0-1) led host Plantation-Posnack 6-0 midway through the first quarter when the game was suspended because of lightning. No makeup date has been set.
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User Comments:
Gators Forever commented on September 8, 2011 at 11:08 p.m.: report abuse
Congrats to coach Davis and the Gators. The runners did a great job as did the offensive line that opened some large holes. Kudos to the defense for forcing the turnovers.
Keep it up Gators!!!!
Mr. D. commented on September 9, 2011 at 4:20 a.m.: report abuse
Go Mrs. D. gO gO
word commented on September 9, 2011 at 9:14 a.m.: report abuse
where all u idiots who said gators were worst team ever after 7 0n 7. its TACKLE football now
@word commented on September 9, 2011 at 12:47 p.m.: report abuse
Take a deep breath, you have played one cream puff and one semi cream puff. I seem to remember a day ,not so long ago when the Old Gardens would open with the Glades Centrals, Pahokees and Dwyers off the world. Seems to me your coach dumbed down the schedule. But hey go ahead and strut your stuff if it makes you feel good. You have ZERO chance of beating Seminole this year
@word commented on September 9, 2011 at 2:05 p.m.: report abuse
@word
Yea I remember when Gardens had teams like Pahokee Glades and Dwyer on their schedule. I remeber when Dwyer couldnt beat gardens Now GARDENS is running away from them so what the rivalry game now Lakes. Gardens schedule is dumbed down ther is no one on it so lets not go and brag like GARDENS BEAT GLADES OR DWYER LETS ALL COME DOWN. So now when they make an apearance in the playoffs its lost out the first rounds.
Observer commented on September 10, 2011 at 10:58 a.m.: report abuse
Why did #5 for Gardens not play? He was impressive in the game against PB Lakes. Is he hurt or suspended?
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