Football Game Preview: Spruce Creek Hawks vs. New Smyrna Beach Barracudas

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Previous Games

04/18/24 - Home	12-13 L
04/11/24 - Neutral	13-0 W
03/21/24 - Home	6-2 W
03/09/24 - Neutral	12-6 W
05/03/23 - Home	21-7 W
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Spruce Creek has gone 9-1 against New Smyrna Beach recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Spruce Creek Hawks will host the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas. Spruce Creek will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.

Spruce Creek's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Flagler Palm Coast by a score of 13-0.

Meanwhile, New Smyrna Beach won against Fort Walton Beach on Saturday with 26 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. New Smyrna Beach beat Seabreeze by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 26-6. The result was nothing new for the Barracudas, who have now won six contests by 20 points or more so far this season.

Spruce Creek better keep an eye on Emma Corr. She was instrumental in New Smyrna Beach's win, throwing for 178 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of her passes, and also rushing for 76 yards and one touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Corr a new career-high in passing touchdowns. Taylor Vance was Corr's top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Spruce Creek pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 2.6 points on average over those games. As for New Smyrna Beach, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.

Spruce Creek and New Smyrna Beach were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, but Spruce Creek came up empty-handed after a 13-12 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Corr, who rushed for 86 yards and one touchdown, and also threw for 108 yards and one touchdown. Now that Spruce Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.