Football Preview: Lake Brantley Patriots vs. Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs
The Lake Brantley Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Lake Brantley's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Oviedo on Friday. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Lions. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Lions are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Flagler Palm Coast beat Mainland 7-2 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Flagler Palm Coast's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB seven times. Leading the way was Colby Cronk and his 3.5 sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Another thorn in Mainland's side was Jesse Shirley, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Lake Brantley now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Flagler Palm Coast, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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