Port Charlotte has won five straight games at home, while Jesuit has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Port Charlotte Pirates will host the Jesuit Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Port Charlotte is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat South Fort Myers 38-0. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Port Charlotte came from Ahmad'Dra Greene and Ozias Dorsey.
Port Charlotte didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Dorsey, Juluis Roach, and Chavon Lizana picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, everything went Jesuit's way against Clearwater on Friday as Jesuit made off with a 29-3 victory.
Justin Thurman was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Hezekiah Davis, who rushed for 113 yards on only nine carries.
Jesuit was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 165.2.
Jesuit is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.3 points. As for Port Charlotte, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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