Lakewood Ranch is 1-7 against Sarasota since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lakewood Ranch Mustangs will look to defend their home field against the Sarasota Sailors at 7:00 p.m.
Sarasota is facing Lakewood Ranch at the wrong time: Lakewood Ranch suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 27-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Longhorns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sarasota). They blew past Ida Baker 47-23 two weeks ago. Given the Sailors' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 517th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lakewood Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Sarasota, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Lakewood Ranch took a serious blow against Sarasota in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, falling 55-14. Thankfully for Lakewood Ranch, Lance Trippel (who threw for 326 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 16.3 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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