Two playoff teams from last year faced off on Sept. 4, and the game lived up to the hype. In the end, the Sunlake Seahawks edged past the Zephyrhills Bulldogs, 44-41. While Zephyrhills might be disappointed to come up short in a high-scoring affair, both teams have reasons to feel good about their season and their future. The Bulldogs’ junior running back, Antwione Sims, scored four touchdowns in the contest with around 300 yards on the ground, while junior Justin Hall paced the Seahawks with nearly 250 passing yards and three touchdown passes.
Sunlake not only got the best of the Bulldogs to earn the win this year, they avenged a 22-7 loss to Zephyrhills last season.
Since that game, Zephyrhills had a bye last weekend and currently sits at 1-1. Sunlake went on to defeat Wiregrass Ranch 31-7 on Sept. 11 to moves to 3-0.
