Football Game Preview: Winter Springs Bears vs. Melbourne Bulldogs + How To Watch

Two dominant backs in Omar Scott and Tyrese Jefferson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Winter Springs Bears will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Melbourne Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Winter Springs will be strutting in after a victory while Melbourne will be coming in after a defeat.

Melbourne will be up against a hot Winter Springs squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Bears came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 20-14 W against Horizon.

The critical scores for Winter Springs came from Scott and Logan Sullivan.

Jaylen Lowman

Interceptions

09/26/25 @ Horizon	1
09/19/25 @ Gateway	1
09/12/25 @ Liberty	2
09/05/25 vs Dakota Ridge	1
08/29/25 vs Celebration	3

Winter Springs didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jaylen Lowman and Nolan Brones. Lowman has been hot, having posted at least one interception the last five times he's played. Another thorn in Horizon's side was Jorden Federick, who made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three games, Melbourne finally came back down to earth on Friday. They took an 18-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Osceola. The contest marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Melbourne's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-2. As for Winter Springs, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.