- November 23, 2024
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Can this year be a different story for Seabreeze in its football rivalry with Mainland?
You can't overstate the Bucs' dominance in recent years:
Seabreeze and Mainland will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at Daytona Stadium.
The Bucs, who are trying to stretch their playoff streak to 28 consecutive years, have not been dominant so far this season. For the first time since 2010 they have a 1-3 record. They are coming off a 27-13 loss to reigning Class 8A state champ Sanford Seminole.
"We're two teams basically trying to put it together right now."
PAT BROWN, Seabreeze head coach
Seabreeze, meanwhile, continues to improve. The Sandcrabs are 2-3, but two of their losses went down to the wire, including a 20-14 loss to DeLand on Sept. 24.
"We're two teams basically trying to put it together right now. Both teams are struggling in the trenches right now," said Seabreeze coach Pat Brown.
Last year the Bucs won 24-0, but they did not take the lead until kicking a field goal on the final play of the first half.
"It was definitely a solid game for three quarters," Brown said.
This will be Travis Roland's first Mainland-Seabreeze game as the Bucs' head coach, but he certainly isn't a stranger to the rivalry, having played for the Bucs in 2000-03.
Brown, in his third year as the Sandcrabs' head coach, is a relative newcomer. But he was in town in 2010 as a senior transfer at Bethune-Cookman when Seabreeze last defeated Mainland.
"We won't have to give too many motivational speeches this week," Brown said. "Daytona Beach is a big family. Everyone's inter-connected. This game is for bragging rights every year."
