West Florida is on a three-game streak of home losses, Milton a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars challenges the Milton Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
West Florida is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Bay on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Florida came up short against Bay, falling 35-13.
Although West Florida took the loss, they still got scores from Charles Benson and Trevor Rogers.
Even though they lost, West Florida was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in eight consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Milton scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 26-17 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gulf Breeze.
West Florida's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Milton, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
West Florida was able to grind out a solid victory over Milton when the teams last played back in September of 2014, winning 20-7. Does West Florida have another victory up their sleeve, or will Milton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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