The Leesburg Yellow Jackets will square off against the Eustis Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Leesburg will be strutting in after a win while Eustis will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Leesburg at home against Wildwood as the team secured a 40-6 victory. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Wildcats are ranked 397th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Xavier Irizarry was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes. Don?Yea Johnson was another key player, picking up 132 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Leesburg was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 438 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Eustis fell victim to Spruce Creek and their airtight defense on Friday. They were beaten by the Hawks 52-0.
Leesburg pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Eustis, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything came up roses for Leesburg against Eustis in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as the squad secured a 34-6 victory. Will Leesburg repeat their success, or does Eustis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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