After each having a week off, the Newsome Wolves and the Middleton Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newsome has three straight wins, Middleton has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Newsome won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Durant 20-19.
The critical scores for Newsome came from Clayton Brown and Tariq Sapp. Newsome also relied on Jaikim Haggans, who's 45-yard boot wound up being the difference in the game.
Meanwhile, a victory for Middleton just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 34-7 loss at the hands of Jefferson. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Dragons are ranked 194th).
Newsome is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Middleton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
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