On Friday, the Crystal River Pirates beat the Umatilla Bulldogs 21-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Leading Crystal River to victory were Sovaunn Samms and Jesse Paul. Samms gained 96 total yards and a touchdown, while Paul threw for 29 yards and two touchdowns.
Umatilla's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Josh Wilson, who threw for 154 yards and two touchdowns.
Crystal River now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Umatilla, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Crystal River will square off against Hernando at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are at an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. As for Umatilla, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Central at 7:30 p.m. on September 20th. Umatilla's defense has only allowed 13 points per game this season, so Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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