Football Game Preview: Riverview Sarasota Rams vs. Lehigh Lightning

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 3:37am

Football Preview: Riverview Sarasota Rams vs. Lehigh Lightning

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Riverview Sarasota is 3-0 against Lehigh since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Riverview Sarasota Rams will stay at home for another week and welcome the Lehigh Lightning at 7:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Riverview Sarasota is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Cardinal Mooney on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Riverview Sarasota took a blow against Cardinal Mooney, falling 41-13. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Cougars are ranked 24th).

Meanwhile, Lehigh was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 42-13 loss at the hands of First Baptist Academy.

Riverview Sarasota has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season. As for Lehigh, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.

Riverview Sarasota came out on top in a nail-biter against Lehigh in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, sneaking past 31-28. Will Riverview Sarasota repeat their success, or does Lehigh have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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