The Englewood Rams will head out on the road to take on the Parker Braves at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Englewood focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Englewood is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a blow against Andrew Jackson, falling 42-14. The Rams were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-6.
Englewood wouldn't let Andrew Jackson keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Englewood can thank Lequon Edwards and Dante Treadwell for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Parker suffered their biggest defeat since October 13, 2023 on Friday. They were dealt a 51-24 loss at the hands of Fleming Island. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 75th).
Parker might have lost, but man, Tony Kennedy was a machine: he rushed for 232 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 134 yards and a touchdown. Kennedy's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
Even though they lost, Parker was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 269 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 245 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Englewood's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Parker, they moved to 3-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Englewood came up short against Parker in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 24-14. Can Englewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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