The Fernandina Beach Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Clay Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Fernandina Beach is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Yulee on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Fernandina Beach was dealt a 42-7 defeat at the hands of Yulee. The contest marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 45 points the game before, Clay was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They had to suffer through a 56-6 loss at the hands of St. Augustine. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 256th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 36th).
Fernandina Beach's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Clay, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season.
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