Football Game Preview: Ocoee Knights vs. Sumner Stingrays + Official Tickets

After both having extra time off, the Ocoee Knights and the Sumner Stingrays will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Ocoee has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Sumner will arrive with three straight victories.

Ocoee's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Jones two weeks ago. They were beaten by the Fightin' Tigers 28-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Knights were not able to get on the board.

Ocoee's loss came about despite a quality game from Marvin Brown, who rushed for 77 yards on only eight carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards.

Meanwhile, Sumner took their matchup back in October with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over Alonso. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 20-0.

The critical scores for Sumner came from Tyler Lynch, Jameris Conyers, Christian Mollinio, Zion Colbert, Taesean Robinson, and Elijah Brown.

Sumner didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Alonso to a completion percentage of just 48%. The team can thank Robert Garcia for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sumner hasn't an opponent to post a completion percentage of 0.36 or higher in nine consecutive contests.

Sumner's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Ocoee, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 5-5.