The South Sumter Raiders will square off against the Wiregrass Ranch Bulls at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Sumter will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
South Sumter is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 41 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Bradford on Friday. They lost 28-7 to the Tornadoes.
Despite the loss, South Sumter got top-tier performance from Ja?Kyrian Turner, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also picked up 41 receiving yards.
Even if they lost, South Sumter's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Bradford's QB won't forget James Laskey anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Another thorn in Bradford's side was Malakhi Boone, who picked up a sack and made 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Wiregrass Ranch aren't just finding success at home, as their game on Friday extended their overall winning streak to three. They took down Zephyrhills 28-14.
Wiregrass Ranch wouldn't let Zephyrhills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Wiregrass Ranch can thank Manasseh "Mo" Alexis and Ameer Elghazaly for forcing all of them. With that strong performance, Elghazaly is now averaging an impressive 5.7 total tackles per game.
South Sumter now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Wiregrass Ranch, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
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