Englewood hasn't had much luck against ED White recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Englewood Rams will square off against the ED White Commanders at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Englewood beat Ridgeview 14-7.
The critical scores for Englewood came from Yerawn Smith and Michael Winter.
Englewood wouldn't let Ridgeview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Englewood can thank Nick Nelson and Isaac Brundge for forcing both of them. Nelson also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble, making four total tackles, and defending a pass. Another thorn in Ridgeview's side was Kamren Greene, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, ED White got themselves on the board against Westside on Friday, but Westside never followed suit. They blew past the Wolverines 20-0. Given the Commanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Wolverines are ranked 373rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead ED White to victory, but perhaps none more so than Rontrez Loyd, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown.
ED White's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. Leading the way was Mark Shiloh and his two sacks. ED White got some further help from Javon Johnson: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Englewood's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for ED White, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Englewood suffered a grim 36-14 defeat to ED White when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Englewood, Jaylen Pettway (who threw for 335 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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