On Friday, IMG Academy faced Venice in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The IMG Academy Ascenders snuck past the Venice Indians with a 21-16 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Ascenders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Although Venice took the loss, they still got scores from Winston Watkins Jr. and Jayce Nixon.
The win (which was IMG Academy's sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. As for Venice, their loss ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. IMG Academy will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on East St. Louis at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th. As for Venice, they will venture away from home to take on Riverview Sarasota at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Venice is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
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