The Fitzgerald Spartans and the King Crusaders are set to duel on Friday. Fitzgerald is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Fitzgerald is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against St. Mary's Prep on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Fitzgerald was outmatched by St. Mary's Prep at home and fell 55-13. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Eaglets are ranked 18th).
Despite a strong season so far, King has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They took a hard 23-7 fall against Catholic Central on Friday. The game marked the Crusaders' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Fitzgerald now has a losing record at 4-5. As for King, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Fitzgerald was dealt a bruising 55-12 defeat at the hands of King when the teams last played back in October of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Fitzgerald was down 41-6.
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