The Pine Forest Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Escambia Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pine Forest is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Pace on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pine Forest lost 29-6 to Pace. The Eagles were down 23-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Escambia waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 23-20.
Escambia's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nino Freeman, who threw for 212 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and Georqirous Moultrie, who rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns.
Escambia didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Adrian Battle, D Jaylan Benjamin, and Ladarian Clardy picked up one apiece. What's more, Clardy also racked up ten rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
Pine Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Escambia, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Pine Forest came up short against Escambia in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 15-7. Can Pine Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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