Football Preview: Lakewood Spartans vs. Cardinal Mooney Cougars
The Lakewood Spartans will face off against the Cardinal Mooney Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 983 yards in their previous games.
Last Friday, Lakewood was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 21-17 to St. Petersburg. The Spartans gained 137 more yards on the day, but it was the Green Devils that made the best use of them.
Although Lakewood took the loss, they still got scores from Shrodderick Pritchett and Derrion Mcneal.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Mooney put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Bishop Verot with a sharp 49-28 win. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Devin Mignery and Carter Smith. Mignery had a great game and rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Smith was balling out in the loss, rushing for 69 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 118 yards on 11 of 20 attempts.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cardinal Mooney's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Macaiden Brown was the leader with two. Cardinal Mooney got some further help from Jayden Burnett: he picked up a sack, made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss), and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cardinal Mooney was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 451 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 244 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Lakewood now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cardinal Mooney, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Lakewood has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 213.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Cardinal Mooney struggles in that department as they've been averaging 300.2. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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