Football Preview: Southwest Eagles vs. Southridge Spartans
Southwest hasn't had much luck against Southridge recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Southwest Eagles will face off against the Southridge Spartans at 7:00 p.m.
Southwest's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Belen Jesuit on Friday. They were beaten by the Wolverines 45-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Eagles haven't been shut out since back in August.
Meanwhile, Southridge had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They blew past the Red Raiders 40-8 on the road. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Red Raiders are ranked 108th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southwest now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Southridge, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Southwest took a serious blow against Southridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 63-0. Can Southwest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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