Homestead has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Southridge Spartans at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Homestead is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Southwest for the full four quarters, racking up a 77-6 win on the road. With the Broncos ahead 58-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Southridge had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Firebirds 31-8. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Firebirds are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southridge's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but William Williams led the charge by rushing for 53 yards and two touchdowns.
The victory got Homestead back to even at 2-2. As for Southridge, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Homestead came out on top in a nail-biter against Southridge in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, sneaking past 35-33. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southridge's James Perrone, who threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.8% of his passes. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Homestead still be able to contain Perrone? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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