The Crystal River Pirates will venture away from home to challenge the Lecanto Panthers at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Crystal River's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Citrus on Monday. They were outmatched by the Hurricanes and fell 42-0. The Pirates have struggled against the Hurricanes recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meetings.
Meanwhile, while Lecanto put up some points on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Central. Lecanto snuck past Central with a 6-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Lecanto's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-7. As for Crystal River, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Crystal River took a serious blow against Lecanto in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, falling 48-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lecanto's Peyton Dison, who threw for 208 yards and seven touchdowns, and also rushed for 44 yards. Now that Crystal River knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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