Football Preview: Port Charlotte Pirates vs. South Fort Myers Wolfpack
Port Charlotte is 3-0 against South Fort Myers since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Port Charlotte Pirates will stay at home for another week and welcome the South Fort Myers Wolfpack at 7:30 p.m. Port Charlotte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.2 points per game this season.
Port Charlotte's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Charlotte 39-0. Considering the Pirates have won six matches by more than 31 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Logan Flaherty and Ifeanyi (Ike) Perry were among the main playmakers for Port Charlotte as the former rushed for 106 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries and the latter rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Flaherty's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 106 rushing yards.
Port Charlotte was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South Fort Myers was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Naples, falling 35-12. Having soared to a lofty 38 points in the game before, the Wolfpack couldn't push the score so high this time.
Although South Fort Myers took the loss, they still got scores from Victor Jenkins and Tadarien Green.
South Fort Myers wouldn't let Naples keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Ja?Dell Carter, Isaiah Bernadel, and Joshua Raphael picked up one apiece. Another thorn in Naples' side was Leonel Latus, who made 19 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Port Charlotte pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.0 points per game. As for South Fort Myers, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Everything came up roses for Port Charlotte against South Fort Myers in their previous meeting back in September, as the squad secured a 56-3 win. Does Port Charlotte have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Fort Myers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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