The Palm Bay Pirates will challenge the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Friday, Palm Bay had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of Baker County. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 56-21, which was the final score in New Smyrna Beach's tilt against DeLand on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Barracudas in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost three in a row.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Ladarius Thomas, who rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 39 receiving yards.
Palm Bay's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for New Smyrna Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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