Football Preview: Sweet Water Bulldogs vs. Fruitdale Pirates
Sweet Water is 6-0 against Fruitdale since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Sweet Water Bulldogs will square off against the Fruitdale Pirates at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sweet Water has three straight victories, Fruitdale has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Sweet Water took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 45-12 win over Shields. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Panthers are ranked 406th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 44-12, which was the final score in Fruitdale's tilt against Southern Choctaw on Friday.
Sweet Water has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Fruitdale, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything came up roses for Sweet Water against Fruitdale in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, as the team secured a 46-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sweet Water 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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