The Wekiva Mustangs will square off against the Jones Fightin' Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Wekiva has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Jones will arrive with three straight wins.
Wekiva's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Evans on Friday. They had to suffer through a 32-0 loss at the hands of the Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Trojans are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jones). Everything went their way against Lake Wales on Friday as they made off with a 48-22 victory. The result was nothing new for the Fightin' Tigers, who have now won four matchups by 26 points or more so far this season.
Wekiva better keep an eye on Dj Hicks. He was instrumental in Jones' win, throwing for 133 yards and three TDs on only 12 passes, while also rushing for 44 yards.
Jones' win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Wekiva, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Wekiva suffered a grim 28-6 defeat to Jones when the teams last played back in November of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Mustangs were down 21-0.
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