After each having a week off, the Middleton Tigers and the Newsome Wolves will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Middleton has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while Newsome will come in with three straight victories.
Middleton is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Jefferson last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Middleton was beaten by Jefferson 34-7. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Dragons are ranked 194th).
Meanwhile, in a tight match that could have gone either way, Newsome made off with a 20-19 win over Durant.
The critical scores for Newsome came from Clayton Brown and Tariq Sapp. Newsome also relied on Gianni Flore, who's 45-yard boot wound up being the difference in the game.
Middleton's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Newsome, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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