On Friday Inlet Grove will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Westwood Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Inlet Grove will be strutting in after a win while Westwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Inlet Grove's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They blew past ABF Academy 26-0. The Hurricanes pushed the score to 20-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cowboys had little chance of recovering from.
Tony Richardson was his usual excellent self, picking up 185 receiving yards, while also rushing for 157 yards on only nine carries. His longest reception was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total. Another player making a difference was Robert Green Iii, who threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes.
Inlet Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 389 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 84.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 292.
Meanwhile, Westwood fell victim to Heritage and their airtight defense on Monday. They were dealt a 30-0 loss at the hands of the Panthers. While losing is never fun, Westwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 248th, while Heritage is ranked 95th).
The victory got Inlet Grove back to even at 3-3. As for Westwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Inlet Grove came up short against Westwood when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 12-7. Can Inlet Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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