The Ridge Community Bolts are taking a road trip to take on the Nease Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Ridge Community is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 40 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Lake Wales on Friday. They took a hard 27-8 fall against the Highlanders. While losing is never fun, the Bolts can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Highlanders are ranked 58th).
Meanwhile, Nease didn't have done well against Creekside recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Nease took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 45-7 win over Creekside. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Ridge Community's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Nease, their record now sits at 2-0.
Ridge Community was taken down by Nease 48-6 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nease's Nate Harry, who threw for 177 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Ridge Community knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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