Lemon Bay hasn't had much luck against Hardee recently, but that could start to change  on Friday. The Lemon Bay Manta Rays are taking a road trip to  take on the Hardee Wildcats  at 7:30  p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
 Lemon Bay can't be to happy about their upcoming road  contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home  two weeks ago. They lost  42-18 to Lakewood Ranch.
 The losing side was boosted by   Adam Schwartz, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
 Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Hardee's offense. They took  a  14-0 bruising from Frostproof on Friday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
 Lemon Bay suffered a grim  21-0 defeat to Hardee  in their previous matchup  back in September of 2018. Can Lemon Bay avenge their  defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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