After each having a week off, the Zephyrhills Bulldogs and the Rockledge Raiders will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Zephyrhills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.9 points per game this season.
Zephyrhills is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Port Charlotte just ended the team's six-game winning streak two weeks ago. They fell 28-18 to the Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Pirates are ranked 30th).
Zephyrhills wouldn't let Port Charlotte keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Zephyrhills can thank Dj Pickett and Deori Pope for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, a victory for Rockledge just wasn't in the cards two weeks ago as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Cocoa 37-0. Considering the last time the Raiders couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Zephyrhills' record is now 7-3. As for Rockledge, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-3 record.
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