The Smyrna Eagles will head out to square off against the Middletown Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Smyrna is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Appoquinimink, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Smyrna was ranked sixth). Smyrna took a 21-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of Appoquinimink on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 36 points in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Middletown humbled Atholton with a 34-3 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Cavaliers just coasted through the last quarter.
Smyrna's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Middletown, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Smyrna couldn't quite finish off Middletown when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 14-12. Can Smyrna avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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