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Palm Beach Central storms from behind twice to knockoff Benjamin

Bronco quarterback Caleb Butler throws for two scores including the game winner in the final minute

Gary Adornato

Palm Beach Central storms from behind twice to knockoff Benjamin
Palm Beach Central storms from behind twice to knockoff Benjamin /

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – In the season’s biggest match-up in Palm Beach Central, Palm Beach Central rallied from 17-0 halftime deficit and came from behind again, late in the fourth quarter, to knockoff visiting Benjamin, 27-24, in battle of two 5-0 teams, Friday night.

PBC quarterback Caleb Butler threw a pair of second half touchdown passes, including a game-winning toss to Preston Parker, Jr., with 47-seconds to play to lift the Broncos.

Butler got Palm Beach Central on the scoreboard for the first time with a 25-yard touchdown throw to Kamare Williams. PBC then got fourth quarter touchdown run from Leon Williams and Nedrick Bolding to surge in front, 20-17. Benjamin broke PBC’s scoring run with a touchdown pass from Jayden Vega to Adam Balagoun-ali, with 2:43 to play, to go back in front, 24-20, before Butler rallied the Broncos once more.

Benjamin built its halftime lead on touchdown runs by Chauncey Bowens and Vega, as well as a field goal by Lily White.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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