Football Preview: Southwest Eagles vs. Coral Reef Barracudas
The Southwest Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Coral Reef Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Southwest is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Southridge on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Southwest took a blow against Southridge, falling 44-7. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 395th, while the Spartans are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, Coral Reef waltzed into their match back in September with two straight wins... but they left with three. They claimed a resounding 41-6 victory over the Vipers on the road. The Barracudas might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 23 points or more this season.
Izaiah Roque went supernova for Coral Reef, rushing for 28 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 65 yards and a touchdown on only six passes. Roger Rodriguez was another key player, rushing for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Southwest has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for Coral Reef, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Southwest couldn't quite finish off Coral Reef when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 24-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roque, who rushed for 141 yards on only ten carries. Now that Southwest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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