Orange Park is 0-8 against Oakleaf since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Orange Park Raiders will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Oakleaf Knights at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Orange Park is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Ridgeview. Orange Park never let Ridgeview onto the board and left with a 26-0 win on Friday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Panthers are ranked 449th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gabe Taylor looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 30 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Oakleaf gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They blew past Riverside 35-7 at home.
Oakleaf relied on the efforts of Jack Mckissock, who threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and Chris Foy, who rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Mckissock wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Oakleaf was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in five consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Orange Park was taken down by Oakleaf 42-0 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Thankfully for Orange Park, Brandon Wallace Jr (who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground) 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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