Football Preview: Plant City Raiders vs. Sumner Stingrays
The Plant City Raiders will take on the Sumner Stingrays at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Plant City's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matches.
Last Friday, Plant City and Steinbrenner were almost perfectly matched up, but Plant City suffered a 45-44 loss.
Meanwhile, Sumner had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They snuck past the Panthers with a 19-13 win.
Taesean Robinson was a one-man wrecking crew for Sumner as he picked up 223 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Robinson's longest reception was for an incredible 84 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Antonio Balaguer, who threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sumner's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Makhi Foster and George Selvie Iii, who racked up six sacks between them. Foster also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Jaheim Hudson was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Plant City's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Sumner, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
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