Football Preview: Homestead Broncos vs. Southridge Spartans
After two games on the road, Homestead is heading back home. They will host the Southridge Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Homestead is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Southwest 77-6 on the road two weeks ago. With the Broncos ahead 58-6 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Homestead's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jahmir "Pee-Wee" McCall and T'Ari Miller. Homestead got some further help from Joseph Mackey: he picked up four sacks and made six total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Southridge came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Firebirds as they made off with a 31-8 victory. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Firebirds are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was William Williams out in front who rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Southridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Doral Academy only rushed for 118.
The victory got Homestead back to even at 2-2. As for Southridge, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Homestead came out on top in a nail-biter against Southridge in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, sneaking past 35-33. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southridge's James Perrone, who threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.8% of his passes. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Homestead still be able to contain Perrone? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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