By Rick Pedone
Sports Editor

Harmony and Celebration are looking for their first wins of the season.

Harmony goes to Bishop Moore Friday at 7:30 p.m., while Celebration hosts unbeaten (4-0) Cocoa Beach at 7 p.m.

The Longhorns, 0-4 and 0-1, lost 12-8, at Liberty last week after leading, 8-6, in the third quarter when defensive lineman Cooper Cox returned a fumble 12 yards for a touchdown.

“I thought our kids played their guts out,” Harmony Coach Jerrad Butler said. “We just came out a little short. They made one play more than we did.”

The rain-soaked field hurt both teams, Butler said.

“It seemed to slow us down even more. It was like we were running through quicksand all night,” he said.

Butler said the team is still fighting through previous injuries. The Longhorns are down three starting linemen and several other players are playing hurt.

“The good thing is that some of our sophomores have stepped up,” Butler said. “We didn’t get anybody hurt last week, but it’s iffy if we’ll be getting somebody back (from injuries) soon.”

The Longhorns will face a Hornets team that has won two games in a row after an 0-2 start. The teams formerly were district rivals.

Celebration slipped to 0-4 after a 48-0 loss to the Kowboys last week.

“We played fairly well at times, but they’re just better than we are,” Celebration Coach Ed Meierkort said.

The Storm coach likes his teams competitive spirit.

“We’ve improved tremendously in that aspect,” he said. “We can’t wait until the second half to start competing, we have to be on from the get-go.”

The Minutemen feature a high-scoring attack that averages 40.5 points per game.

“They like to throw it around a lot, but they aren’t real physical,” Meirkort said.

Celebration travels to Harmony Oct. 5 for a district game.