East Lake is on a three-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while St. Petersburg is on a five-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The East Lake Eagles will host the St. Petersburg Green Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, East Lake had to suffer through a 39-7 loss at the hands of Pinellas Park.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, St. Petersburg beat Boca Ciega 10-6 on Friday. Given the Green Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Pirates are ranked 308th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for St. Petersburg, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
East Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Petersburg in their previous matchup back in October of 2018, sneaking past 20-17. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Petersburg's Derrel Kelley Iii, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 38 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for East Lake to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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