The Heritage Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Cocoa Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Heritage's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Eau Gallie on Friday. They lost 21-0 to the Commodores. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Commodores are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, after a string of 14 wins dating back to last season, Cocoa's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They came up short against IMG Academy, falling 34-13. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Although Cocoa took the loss, they still got scores from Brady Hart and Jayvan Boggs.
This is the second loss in a row for Heritage and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Cocoa, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Heritage was dealt a bruising 49-0 defeat at the hands of Cocoa in their previous meeting back in September of 2020. Thankfully for Heritage, Dj Arroyo (who threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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