Football Preview: Leroy Bears vs. Fruitdale Pirates
The Leroy Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Fruitdale Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Leroy has seven straight victories, Fruitdale has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Fruitdale heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Leroy took over last week. Leroy blew past Southern Choctaw 28-6 on Friday. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, a win for Fruitdale just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Sweet Water, falling 55-12. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 194th).
Although Fruitdale took the loss, they still got scores from Elijah Reed and John Marc Hobbs.
Leroy pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Fruitdale, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Leroy took their win against Fruitdale when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 42-16. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leroy since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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