Football Game Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Fort Meade Miners + Official Tickets

The Freedom Patriots will head out to square off against the Fort Meade Miners at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Freedom's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three contests, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Freedom is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Zephyrhills on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Patriots had to suffer through a 50-0 loss at the hands of the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 458th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 72nd).

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Fort Meade was not quite Orlando Christian Prep's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell 14-7 to the Warriors.

The loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 5-2. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.