Football Game Recap: Cypress Bay Comes Up Short

If Cypress Bay was feeling good off their 48-22 takedown of Stoneman Douglas last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cypress Bay Lightning were beaten by the Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks 42-6 on Friday. The Lightning were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-6.

Jake Balanovich rushed for 47 yards, and also threw for 84 yards and a touchdown. Santi Paz was his top target, picking up 47 receiving yards.

Robert Kerns had a dynamite game for Archbishop McCarthy, throwing for 274 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Kendall Brown was Kerns' top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Cypress Bay's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Archbishop McCarthy, the win was the 11th in a row (dating back to last season) for them, bringing their record for this year to 2-0.

Cypress Bay will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on McArthur at 7:00 p.m. on September 13th. As for Archbishop McCarthy, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against St. Brendan at 7:00 p.m. Archbishop McCarthy will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.

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