The Pasco Pirates will venture away from home to take on the Fivay Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Pasco has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Fivay will arrive with three straight victories.
Pasco is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a hard 28-13 fall against Hernando on Friday.
Meanwhile, Fivay got the win against West Port on Friday by a conclusive 42-22. With that win, the Falcons brought their scoring average up to 26.5 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Fivay to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sean Brown, who rushed for 194 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 194 rushing yards gave Brown a new career-high. Lincoln McManus was another key signal caller, throwing for 197 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Fivay's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB ten times. The heavy lifting was done by Darrell Howell and Jebarri Brown, who racked up 6.5 sacks between them. With that strong performance, Howell is now averaging an impressive 2.3 sacks per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fivay was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Pasco's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Fivay, their record is now 4-2.
Pasco came up short against Fivay in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 16-8. Can Pasco avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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