The North Fort Myers Red Knights will head out to challenge the Dunbar Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
North Fort Myers is headed into Thursday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They took a 14-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Charlotte.
Christian Weber put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown. Those 99 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Dunbar earned a 28-21 win over Fort Myers on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Dunbar to victory, but perhaps none more so than Austin Price, who threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Virdarian Maloy was Price's top target, picking up 160 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Dunbar's defense stepped up as well, laying out Dominic Ardezzone. four times. The heavy lifting was done by Mint Edwards and David Iglesias, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Dunbar's record now sits at 7-2. As for North Fort Myers, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-3.
North Fort Myers suffered a grim 40-14 defeat to Dunbar in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Price, who threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 75 yards. Now that North Fort Myers knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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