BELLAIRE — Bellaire (3-4) and Harrison Central (2-5) are in the middle of preparation for one another in the lead-up to their meeting Friday on Nelson Field, and the two teams saw something familiar when they turned on the tape- themselves.

“When I first turned the film on and I watched it, the thing that stands out to me more than anything is I think they’re a lot like us,” Harrison Central head coach Anthony Hayes said. “I think we’re very similar. I think their kids play very hard, just like ours do. I think they have some good skill athletes, just like we do. I think upfront, they’re gritty, kind of like we are. It’s funny, you know, if you take the colors away from each school on their uniforms, we look very similar to one another.

“I think they’re good enough to beat anybody on the

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