Sarasota Football Friday: Week 4

SCOREBOARD 

Week 4 

Palmetto 28, Sarasota 20 

Lutz Steinbrenner 38, Riverview 17

Wauchula Hardee 37, Booker 13 

Cambridge Christian 59, ODA 0

TOP PERFORMERS 

Riverview running back Ali Boyce rushed for 75 yards and scored both of the Rams touchdowns. 

Sarasota junior wide receiver Isaac Edwards scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter on an 11 yard run and a 39-yard reception. 

Sarasota freshman quarterback Bryan Gagg threw a pair of touchdown passes. 

BY THE NUMBERS 

0 — Games the Riverview High football team has won so far this season after allowing four touchdowns in the second half of its Class 8A-District 6 opener. 

1 — Teams that had a Bye this past week. 

3 — Sarasota area teams that lost by at least three touchdowns this past week. 

41 — Yards Sarasota running back Josh Booker had in the first quarter, 10 of which resulted in a touchdown, before leaving the game with a knee injury. 

GAME OF THE WEEK 

Sept. 25

Riverview vs. Palm Harbor 

Coming off a disappointing loss to Lutz Steinbrenner in its Class 8A-District 6 opener last week, Riverview returns home Friday night to face Palm Harbor in its second district game of the season. 

The Rams had a 14-10 lead early in the third quarter against Steinbrenner, but were unable to sustain a strong second-half surge by the Warriors. Riverview will look for its first win of the season against a Palm Harbor team that is off to a 3-0 start this season, including a 41-38 district victory versus Lithia Newsome last week. 

The two teams went down to the wire last season with Palm Harbor etching out a 42-41 victory. Riverview will looks to running back Ali Boyce, who has rushed for more than 100 yards in three of the Rams’ four games and has scored seven touchdowns, to help carry the Rams into the win column and keep them in the district conversation.