After each having a week off, the Zephyrhills Bulldogs and the Rockledge Raiders will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Zephyrhills is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Zephyrhills proved they can win big back in October (they won by 39) and two weeks ago they proved they can win the close ones too. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 49-48 win over Port Charlotte. The score was all tied up 28-28 at the break, but the Bulldogs were the better team in the second half.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Patrick Harding and Logan Flaherty. Harding had a great game and threw for 416 yards and six TDs while completing 73.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Flaherty was balling out in the loss, rushing for 123 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also throwing for 155 yards and one touchdown.
Meanwhile, Rockledge fell victim to Cocoa and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They took a blow against the Tigers, falling 36-0. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Rockledge's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Zephyrhills, their victory bumped their record up to 10-0.
Everything went Zephyrhills' way against Rockledge in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, as Zephyrhills made off with a 35-15 win. Will the Bulldogs repeat their success, or do the Raiders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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