Football Game Preview: Lemon Bay Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 5, 2024, 2:18am

Football Preview: Lemon Bay Manta Rays vs. Hardee Wildcats

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Lemon Bay hasn't had much luck against Hardee recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lemon Bay Manta Rays are taking a road trip to take on the Hardee Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Lemon Bay can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home two weeks ago. They lost 42-18 to Lakewood Ranch.

The losing side was boosted by Adam Schwartz, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Hardee's offense. They took a 14-0 bruising from Frostproof on Friday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Lemon Bay suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Hardee in their previous matchup back in September of 2018. Can Lemon Bay avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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