PALMETTO COASTS TO 42-6 VICTORY

Heavily favored Palmetto had no trouble with a Southwest team playing its second game of the week, beating the Eagles, 42-6, Thursday afternoon at Tropical Park. The Panthers (4-1) scored on four of their first five possessions to take a 28-0 lead with 5:16 left in the second quarter. TeDerrius Strowbridge then took the ensuing kickoff 84 yards for Southwest's only points of the game. The Eagles (1-3) offense did not record a first down until 1:10 remained in the half when Owen Gomez picked up 11 yards on two consecutive runs. The defensive highlight for Southwest was an interception by Brandon Smith at the Eagles 25-yard line in the first quarter. The Panthers scored once more to lead, 35-6, at the half. Southwest's only sustained drive of the game came in the third quarter when the Eagles used over seven-and-a-half minutes of game clock to drive from their own 24 to the Palmetto 16 before losses of 6 yards and 10 yards turned the ball over on downs. Palmetto then went 68 yards in four plays for the final points of the game. The stats are here.

 

 

 


 

 


TeDerrius Strowbridge returned a kickoff 84 yards for a TD