First few weeks to savor: Royal Palm Beach off to amazing start

ROYAL PALM BEACH – Has any team in Palm Beach County history recorded a 195-0 scoring margin after four games played?

After conducting an extensive amount of research over the past several days, the answer is this:

Only this year’s Royal Palm Beach Wildcats varsity football team can make this verifiable claim.

We have the numbers to back it up. They are confirmed by MaxPreps.

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The last two teams to allowed any points after its first four games were Glades Day (2014; 11 seasons ago) and Glades Central (1998; 27 seasons ago).

We have screen shots for proof on both Glades Day and Glades Central. You can see them right below.

But we are speaking of the 195-0 margin in particular. Remarkably, this happens with a first-year head coach in Sam Curry, a Belle Glade native who was the Royal Palm Beach offensive coordinator last season under previous head coach and program builder Chuck Kenyon.

Even more remarkably, there has been lots of talk about Royal Palm Beach’s schedule strength. Per MaxPreps, the Wildcats are ranked  at No. 251 in Florida, which evidently speaks to the level of competition they have played to date.

The truth: Port St. Lucie, John I. Leonard, Suncoast, and Dwyer are all 0-4 after Week 4. The combined record is 0-16.

Another truth: Royal Palm Beach (4-0; 1-0 in District 12-6A; No. 7 aggregate composite team ranking in Palm Beach County) greatly improves its level of competition in Week 5.

The opponent is Camden County, another 4-0 team that hails from South Georgia. The Kingsland (Ga.) team is currently ranked as No. 24 team in Georgia and No. 153 in the nation.

A Royal Palm Beach Wildcats upset win over the Camden County Wildcats tonight (Friday, Sept. 19; 7:30 p.m. kickoff) will do wonders for that perceived questionable strength of schedule.

What we know about Royal Palm Beach:

Max Griner (2027 quarterback): He is the team leader as he posted the following statistics in four games played: 

PASSING 

•32 completions 

•47 attempts 

•670 passing yards

•68.1 percent completion rate

•11 passing touchdowns 

•0 interceptions 

•150.5 quarterback rating 

RUSHING 

•9 carries

•93 yards

•1 rushing touchdowns 

TOTALS

•763 total yards

•12 total touchdowns accounted for

Tyree Pearson (2026 running back): He is the team’s leading rusher. Our Muckstepper of Week 2 and Week 4 has posted the following statistics after four games played:

RUSHING

•22 carries

•408 yards

•9 touchdowns 

•102.0 rushing yards per game

RECEIVING 

•3 receptions 

•74 yards

•1 touchdown 

TOTALS

•482 total yards

•10 total touchdowns 

Demetrius Gibson (2028 wide receiver): He is the team’s leading receiver. Our Muckstepper of Week 0 has posted the following statistics after four regular season games played:

RECEIVING 

•9 receptions

•186 yards

•6 touchdowns 

Other key contributors include the following:

•James Smith (2026 wide receiver): 5 receptions, 142 yards, 2 touchdowns 

•Demetrice Rolle (2027 athlete): 12 carries, 245 yards, 2 touchdowns; 251 total yards on offense

•Rauol Brown (2026 wide receiver/free safety): 8 receptions, 166 yards, 1 touchdown 

•Jordan Johnson (2026 wide receiver): 7 receptions, 106 yards, 1 touchdown

•Kamari Thomas (2029 athlete): 5 carries, 76 yards, 1 touchdown 

•Jauron Patton (2026 tight end): 1 reception, 11 yards, 1 touchdown 

•Da’Coby Wooten (2027 athlete): 80-yard kickoff return for touchdown 

Led by Derrick Patterson (2027 offensive lineman), Royal Palm Beach has had a stout unit in the trenches over these past four games. The Wildcats have averaged the following on offense:

•180.0 yards passing

•253.0 yards rushing

•433.0 total yards per game

We will find out what Royal Palm Beach does tonight on the road against Camden County.

“As we embrace this challenge, we know we’re creating something special,” Curry said in a Facebook post on Thursday (Sept. 18). “Being the first Royal Palm Beach High School varsity team to go out of state and play is an amazing milestone, especially knowing where this program was just two years ago. People may doubt us, people may hate, but it’s on us to prove them wrong. We’re coming. And we’re not stopping.”

PHOTO CREDITS: Royal Palm Beach Football / James Harden – Tuff Shot Media