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The Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) varsity football team won Thursday's home playoff game against Countryside Christian (Gainesville, FL) by a score of 24-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CCHS	8	8	6	0	22
MICHS	16	0	0	8	24

Final score provided by G. Schehl.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Countryside Christian (23-24)

Countryside Christian has not entered stats for this game.

Merritt Island Christian (23-24)

Merritt Island Christian

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	12	21	188	.571	15.7	2		66	118.7
4	Bode Handwork (So)	12	21	188	.571	15.7	2		66	118.7

Merritt Island Christian

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	44	246	5.6	22	1
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)	2	11	5.5	6
4	Bode Handwork (So)	8	57	7.1	22
10	C. Stevenson (Jr)	2	-3	-1.5	0
12	Max Bunin (Sr)	16	95	5.9	20
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	16	86	5.4	22	1

Merritt Island Christian

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	12	188	15.7	66	1
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)	5	53	10.6	14
10	C. Stevenson (Jr)	2	21	10.5	12
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	1	66	66.0	66	1
17	A. Alessandrini (Sr)	3	45	15.0	33
22	Logan Wassmer (Sr)	1	3	3.0	3

Merritt Island Christian

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	246	188	434
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)	11	53	64
4	Bode Handwork (So)	57		57
10	C. Stevenson (Jr)	-3	21	18
12	Max Bunin (Sr)	95		95
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	86	66	152
17	A. Alessandrini (Sr)		45	45
22	Logan Wassmer (Sr)		3	3

Merritt Island Christian

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	246	188	188	434
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)	11		53	64
4	Bode Handwork (So)	57	188		245
10	C. Stevenson (Jr)	-3		21	18
12	Max Bunin (Sr)	95			95
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	86		66	152
17	A. Alessandrini (Sr)			45	45
22	Logan Wassmer (Sr)			3	3

Merritt Island Christian

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	13	10	23	2.0
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)		1	1
2	J. Hutchinson (Jr)	1	2	3
4	Bode Handwork (So)	2	4	6
7	Ezra Huston (Sr)	1		1
8	Shea Robertson (Jr)	2		2
10	C. Stevenson (Jr)	2		2
12	Max Bunin (Sr)	1	2	3	1.0
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	1		1
17	A. Alessandrini (Sr)	3	1	4	1.0

Merritt Island Christian

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	2.0	19
12	Max Bunin (Sr)	1.0	5
17	A. Alessandrini (Sr)	1.0	14

Merritt Island Christian

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD
	Team Totals	3
1	Trey Nevad (Jr)	2
7	Ezra Huston (Sr)	1

Merritt Island Christian

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	6	18
4	Bode Handwork (So)			4	4
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	2	12	2	14

Merritt Island Christian

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	1	1					2
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	1	1					2

Merritt Island Christian

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	Total
	Team Totals	3	3
4	Bode Handwork (So)	2	2
15	G. Grimstead (Sr)	1	1

Game Story

Florida High School Football - Merritt Island Christian tips Countryside Christian

November 2, 2023: Merritt Island, FL 32952

The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Merritt Island Christian Cougars (Merritt Island, FL) and the visiting Countryside Christian Minutemen (Gainesville, FL), observed Merritt Island Christian's football squad edge Countryside Christian by a count of 24-22.

The Cougars now own a 7-4 record. They play next when they travel to Hernando Christian Academy for a non-league contest on Friday, November 10. Merritt Island Christian will encounter a Lions squad coming off a 32-6 non-league win over Academy at the Lakes (Land O' Lakes, FL). The Lions record now stands at 8-2.

Players of the Game

Countryside Christian (23-24)

Countryside Christian has not selected any Players of the Game.

Merritt Island Christian (23-24)

Congratulations to #4 Bode Handwork (overall), #15 Genesis Grimstead (offensive) and #17 Anthony Alessandrini (defensive) for being selected the Merritt Island Christian Football Players of the Game.

CCHS @ MICHS Football Game Info

Thu., Nov. 2, 2023 @ 6p

SSAA 3A Quarterfinals

The Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) varsity football team won Thursday's home playoff game against Countryside Christian (Gainesville, FL) by a score of 24-22.

This game is a part of the "2023 SSAC 8-Man - SSAC 8-Man AAA Bracket" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Countryside Christian (23-24)

National	FL	Class
1,208	14	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-5	2-2	1-2	2-3	.375	.500	282	258

Merritt Island Christian (23-24)

National	FL	Class
869	7	7

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-4	2-2	4-4	4-0	1-0	.692	.500	336	266

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Countryside Christian	7.3	4.7	2.0	2.0	35.3
Merritt Island Christian	8.1	8.0	2.0	4.1	25.8

Team Stat Comparison

Countryside Christian		Merritt Island Christian
188.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	190.8
137.3	Passing Yards Per Game	153.6
134.7	Receiving Yards Per Game	148.3
326.1	Total Yards Per Game	344.5
51.6	Tackles Per Game	49.2
1.7	Sacks Per Game	1.9
35.4	Points Per Game	25.7
0	Pancake Blocks	-

Team Leaders

Countryside Christian		Merritt Island Christian	National Avg.
#2 Clay Dees138.6	Rushing Yards Per Game	#15 Genesis Grimstead58.7	20.6
#2 Clay Dees92.7	Passing Yards Per Game	#4 Bode Handwork144.7	50.5
#11 Everett Byrd76.6	Receiving Yards Per Game	#1 Trey Nevad70.1	17.5
#2 Clay Dees232.1	Total Yards Per Game	#4 Bode Handwork191.8	36.9
#9 Brayden Dalton10.8	Tackles Per Game	#4 Bode Handwork7.8	2.7
#25 Nox Hobby0.6	Sacks Per Game	#17 Anthony Alessandrini0.8	0.2
#2 Clay Dees18.6	Points Per Game	#15 Genesis Grimstead6.3	2.1
#1 Dayton Hulst0	Pancake Blocks	-	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Countryside Christian	1-1		Merritt Island Christian	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/25/23	Countryside Christian	Liberty Christian Prep	(W) 40-6	10/6/23	Liberty Christian Prep	Merritt Island Christian	(W) 40-6
9/15/23	Old Plank Christian Academy	Countryside Christian	(L) 48-14	8/18/23	Merritt Island Christian	Old Plank Christian Academy	(W) 21-8
				11/18/23	Old Plank Christian Academy	Merritt Island Christian	(W) 34-6

Record Breakdown

Countryside Christian (23-24)		Merritt Island Christian (23-24)
3-5	Overall	9-4
2-2	League	2-2
1-2	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	3-0
1-2	Home	4-4
2-3	Away	4-0
0-0	Neutral	1-0
0-1	Playoff	3-0
3-5	In-State	9-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0