After each having a week off, the First Coast Buccaneers and the Baker County Wildcats will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
First Coast's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat KIPP Bold City 54-0 on the road. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Buccaneers considering their ten-point performance the matchup before.
The critical scores for First Coast came from Turbo Adams, Justin Nathan, and Stephen Davis.
First Coast's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged five passes before it was all said and done. It was a group effort, with five picking up one apiece.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Baker County made sure to put some points up on the board against Palm Bay last Friday. Baker County claimed a resounding 35-7 victory over Palm Bay at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Pirates are ranked 297th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got First Coast back to even at 1-1. As for Baker County, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
First Coast beat Baker County 13-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2018. Does First Coast have another victory up their sleeve, or will Baker County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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