The Lemon Bay Manta Rays will head out on the road to square off against the North Fort Myers Red Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Lemon Bay lost 35-12 to Immokalee on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Manta Rays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Indians are ranked 132nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Fort Myers). They blew past Lehigh 41-13 at home on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Knights.
North Fort Myers' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Adrian Scott led the charge by picking up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Jd Irons was in the mix too, providing North Fort Myers with two touchdowns.
North Fort Myers' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Scott picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Lemon Bay now has a losing record at 1-2. As for North Fort Myers, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-1.
Lemon Bay barely slipped by North Fort Myers in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 34-33. Does Lemon Bay have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Fort Myers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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