Football Game Preview: Mainland Buccaneers vs. Matanzas Pirates

By Team Reports Sep 26, 2024, 11:11am

Football Preview: Mainland Buccaneers vs. Matanzas Pirates

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Mainland is 5-0 against Matanzas since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mainland Buccaneers will be staying on the road to face off against the Matanzas Pirates at 7:00 p.m.

Mainland's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Coffee on Friday. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 21-0. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 117th in Florida, while the Trojans are ranked 17th in Georgia).

Meanwhile, Matanzas was able to grind out a solid win over Seabreeze on Friday, taking the game 18-10.

Mainland dropped their record down to 0-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Matanzas, they now have a winning record of 3-2.

Everything went Mainland's way against Matanzas in their previous matchup back in November of 2020, as Mainland made off with a 49-28 victory. Will Mainland repeat their success, or does Matanzas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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