Football Preview: Winter Park Wildcats vs. Ocoee Knights
Winter Park has been away from home for four games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. After both having extra time off, they and the Ocoee Knights will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m.
Winter Park is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Edgewater two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Winter Park was outmatched by Edgewater on the road and fell 49-16. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Ocoee waltzed into their match last Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They snuck past the Cobras with a 22-16 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Cobras are ranked 296th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ocoee didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Hoskins and Diego De Pina. De Pina is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Ocoee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Winter Park's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Ocoee, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2.
Winter Park didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Ocoee when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 14-10 win. Does Winter Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ocoee turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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