Football Preview: Middleburg Broncos vs. Fleming Island Golden Eagles
Middleburg is 0-7 against Fleming Island since September of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Middleburg Broncos will welcome the Fleming Island Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Middleburg will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Middleburg's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Beachside offense got past them. Middleburg came up short against Beachside on Friday, falling 44-18. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Barracudas are ranked 69th).
Carson Stewart put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 234 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. 140 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jordan Williams.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fleming Island). They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 51-24 win over Parker. The result was nothing new for the Golden Eagles, who have now won three matchups by 27 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Cibastian Broughton and Tony Kennedy. Broughton had a great game and threw for 174 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Kennedy was balling out in the loss, rushing for 232 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 134 yards and a touchdown.
Middleburg's loss dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Fleming Island, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Middleburg might still be hurting after the 35-14 defeat they got from Fleming Island in their previous meeting back in September of 2018. Can Middleburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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