Friday night Bradenton Christian and Carrollwood Day put on an offensive clinic as the Patriots took down the Panthers 48-35.
The two teams combined for eleven touchdowns on the ground, unfortunately for the Panthers they couldn't get a defensive stop late.
"We knew what they wanted to do, we just couldn't get them off the field or make that one extra play," Panthers head coach Allan Gerber said.
Junior running back Zack Cooper lead Bradenton Christian (4-4) with 164 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries.
Following a 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, Panthers quarterback Dusty Peebles suffered a shoulder injury after taking a hard shot.
"Losing your starting quarterback changes your game plan, but I think Brett (Gerber) did a good job for us," coach Gerber said.
Carrollwood Day (3-3) came into Friday night averaging 183.6 yards per game rushing, and kept the trend going.
Senior running back Willie Parker tallied 199 yards rushing, giving him five 100 yard games this season.
Parker also punched in three touchdowns, all coming in the first half.
"He's a special kid, he runs the ball hard and gives us a chance to win," Patriots head coach Lane McLaughlin said.
After losing their starting quarterback, Carrollwood turned to junior Zac Cornell to lead them.
Cornell scored three touchdowns on five carries in the second half, and did just enough for his squad even without completing a pass.
"We may have lost Angelos for the season, so it was good for Cornell to get in the game and get some reps," coach McLaughlin said.
The Panthers who were eliminated from playoff contention last week for the first time in school history, forced two late fumbles but couldn't find the end zone in the fourth quarter.
"I've said it all season, I'm truly proud of my guys, they have played hard and with a ton of heart," coach Gerber said.
Stats
CDS 7 22 12 6 48
BCS 6 16 6 7 35
Parker 48-yard TD run, 8:36 1QT (kick good)
Carter 19-yard pass from Peebles, 2:28 1QT (2-pt pass no good)
Parker 10-yard TD run, 11:54 2QT (kick good)
Zarris 32-yard field goal good, 6:33 2QT
Peebles 52-yard TD run, 6:02 2QT (kick no good)
Wooten 15-yard TD run, 3:45 2QT (2-pt pass good)
Cooper 2-yard TD run, 1:53 2QT (kick good)
Parker 30-yard TD run, 0:38 2QT (kick good)
Cooper 12-yard TD run, 6:33 3QT (kick no good)
Cornell 2-yard TD run, 2:15 3QT (2-pt attempt no good)
Cornell 2-yard TD run, 1:21 3QT (2-pt attempt no good)
Cornell 1-yard TD run, 8:08 4QT (kick good)
Cooper 1-yard TD run, 4:14 4QT (kick good)
Carrollwood Day
Passing
Aaron Angelos 4-5 57 yards
Zac Cornell 0-1 0 yards
Rushing
Willie Parker 18-199 yards 3 TD
Max Frankel 1-29 yards
Elias Earley 4-22 yards
Yahsin Wooten 5-31 yards 1 TD
Zac Cornell 3-5 yards 3 TD
Receiving
Zac Cornell 1-12 yards
Elias Earley 2-34 yards
Max Frankel 1-11 yards
Bradenton Christian
Passing
Dusty Peebles 4-6 63 yards 1 TD
Brett Gerber 8-19 0 TD 2INT
Rushing
Dusty Peebles 8-50 yards 1 TD
Brett Gerber 8-57 yards
Zack Cooper 29-164 3 TD
Receiving
Wade Carter 6-83 yards 1 TD
Zack Cooper 1 (-4)yards
Tyler Lyke 2-24 yards
Brett Gerber 2-39 yards
Kevin Etiene 1-8 yards