The Atlantic Eagles beat the Palm Beach Central Broncos 40-13 at Bronco Stadium on Friday night. Both teams have been two of the top schools of Class 8A in Palm Beach County over the past couple of years.
Atlantic(1-0) reached the end zone on their first possession at 10:35 of the first quarter. Quarterback Jacoby Dorch tossed a 24-yard pass to the left hash marks where wide receiver Tyrese Blue caught it for a 6-0 lead.
The Eagles quickly made it a 12-point lead at the 8:25 mark of the second quarter. Quarterback Guenson Alexis threw a pass up middle and wide receiver Jordan Cash outraced the secondary for a 33-yard score.
They increased it to 19-0 at 3:12. Blue caught a seven-yard pass in the back of the end zone from Alexis. Ashlee Ritter, the only female player on the team, kicked the extra point for them.
The Broncos fumbled the ball away on a punt return with under 27 seconds left in the second. Atlantic capitalized and capped the drive on a one-yard plunge by Alexis with no time remaining in the first half.
Palm Beach Central(0-1) tried to make it a competitive fight in the second half. They scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and trailed 26-13. Quarterback Anarjahe Douriet connected a 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bryan Robinson on the right sideline. Douriet raced to the right side and scored from 12 yards away.
Atlantic added several touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Running back Montahj Joseph sprinted around the right end from four yards out with just over a minute to go and made it 40-13.
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