The Leesburg Yellow Jackets will face off against the Crystal River Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. 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.
Last Wednesday, Leesburg came up short against East Ridge and fell 15-8. The Yellow Jackets were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Knights in the fourth quarter 8-0.
Meanwhile, Crystal River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 33-0 loss at the hands of Weeki Wachee. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while the Hornets are ranked 58th).
Leesburg's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Crystal River, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
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