The Sunlake Seahawks will venture away from home to take on the Hollins Royals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Sunlake is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 63 points back in August, they were much more limited against Seminole last Friday. They came up short against the Warhawks, falling 31-7. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 396th, while the Warhawks are ranked 192nd).
Meanwhile, Hollins entered their match against Dunedin on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Hollins took a 27-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dunedin.
Although Hollins took the loss, they still got scores from Shawndre Reddick and Bobby Mcaffee.
Even though they lost, Hollins was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Sunlake fell to 2-1. As for Hollins, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Friday's contest might be decided in the trenches. Sunlake has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 169.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Hollins struggles in that department as they've been averaging 171. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Sunlake was dealt a bruising 38-10 defeat at the hands of Hollins in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can Sunlake avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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