The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons will venture away from home to face off against the North Fort Myers Red Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Charlotte will be strutting in after a victory while North Fort Myers will be coming in after a defeat.
Charlotte is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat McLaughlin 75-0. The Fightin' Tarpons pushed the score to 69-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Phoenix had no chance of recovering from.
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Charlotte didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Landon Perez, Noah Wooten, and Jude Kersnason picked up one apiece. Kersnason has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last three times he's played. Perez got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, North Fort Myers played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 28-7 to Riverdale. The Red Knights have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Charlotte is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.8 points over those games. As for North Fort Myers, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
Charlotte didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against North Fort Myers in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 14-10 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fightin' Tarpons since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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