The Miami Central Rockets visit the Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs at Dr. Bud Tight Field, known as The Furnace, in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. Both teams finished their 2017 seasons with tough playoff losses to district rivals and the eventual state champions. The Chiefs were edged in triple overtime by the American Heritage Patriots 58-57 in a Class 4A regional final. The Rockets lost to the Miami Northwestern Bulls in a Class 6A regional semifinal 24-18.
Miami Central went on the road and defeated Class 8A state finalist Atlantic 39-7 last week in a preseason kickoff classic. The Rockets offense is led by quarterback Maurice Underwood. Their rushing attempts will be split between running backs Lexington Joseph and Kejon Owens. The primary target for Underwood is expected to be wide receiver Anthony Colonel.
Cardinal Gibbons held off the Dwyer Panhters 21-7 in a spring football game and traveled last week to Key West and topped the Conchs. The Chiefs return just about all of their offensive skill players to the squad. Nik Scalzo comes in at quarterback while they have a strong backfield with running backs Vincent Davis and Tajae Davis. Wide receivers Dimon Stewart, Dijon Senior, Nikolas Ognenovic, Chris Benestad and Jordan Freeman look to get open down the field for Scalzo.
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