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Connail Jackson Runs for 284 Yards and Five Touchdowns as Cardinal Mooney Outlasts Palm Beach Central 58-36
Cardinal Mooney senior running back Connail Jackson delivered the performance of the Florida weekend on Friday night, rushing for 284 yards and five touchdowns to power the Cougars to a wild 58-36 win at Palm Beach Central.
Jackson scored every way a back can. He took a pitch from quarterback Davin Davidson and raced 74 yards untouched for the first touchdown, added scoring runs of 3 and 9 yards in the second quarter, broke a 44-yarder in the third, and finished the night with a 2-yard score in the fourth. When Palm Beach Central rallied to within 44-36, it was Jackson again — a 33-yard run that lit the fuse on the late drive that put the game away as Mooney scored twice more down the stretch.
“Stopping Jackson was the whole game plan,” Palm Beach Central’s coach said afterward. “He’s so patient. We were hitting him and he just stayed up.”
The night also carried the 5-foot-10, 185-pound senior past 2,000 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns for the season. Cardinal Mooney, the defending Florida Class 2A state champion, is now 8-1.
A three-star recruit in the class of 2027, Jackson remains uncommitted, with offers that include Auburn, Purdue and Pitt, and North Carolina making a strong impression this fall. On Friday night’s evidence, his list of suitors is only going to grow.
We Speak Sports’ Our Player of the Game: Connail Jackson, Cardinal Mooney.
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Maleek Lee’s Three Sacks Lead Palmetto’s 37-0 Shutout of Sumner for the District Title
Palmetto’s defense owned Friday night, and senior defensive lineman Maleek Lee owned the line of scrimmage.
Lee recorded three sacks as the Tigers shut out Sumner 37-0 to claim the Class 5A District 10 championship — a title-game performance from a player who arrived at Palmetto this season and immediately became the anchor of its front.
The 6-foot-3, 270-pound Lee, a four-star prospect committed to Georgia Tech, transferred from Sarasota Booker for his senior year. On the biggest night of Palmetto’s season, he played like it: living in the Sumner backfield and setting the tone for a defense that never let the Stingrays find the end zone.
District championships are won in the trenches, and Lee made sure this one was. We Speak Sports names Maleek Lee our Player of the Game.
Palmetto (FL) · Class 5A District 10 Champions · Final: Palmetto 37, Sumner 0
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