PORT CHARLOTTE (SNN-TV) – With Friday Football Fever once again upon us, our Absolute Aluminum Game of the Week details one of the area’s top rivalries, where schools are separated by the Peace River.
Charlotte County plays host to this week’s most talked about match-up, the Peace River Rivalry between the Port Charlotte Pirates and the Charlotte Fightin’ Tarpons.
As far as the match-up goes, the Tarpons have recent success in their favor having won the last two meetings, but Charlotte enters this year’s game struggling after a 23-3 opening week loss to Dunbar. Scoring in this match-up has been well documented, as each of the last seven meetings have been settled by a one score deficit. Port Charlotte, despite losing in week one as well, comes into this game with a more confident offense having score 47 points last week against Bishop Verot.
But Charlotte hopes to turn things around early, on the arm of QB Michael Valentino. Valentino understands the magnitude of this rivalry, as it is his first iteration as a Tarpon.
