Football Preview: Cooper Dragons vs. Lutheran South Academy Pioneers
The Cooper Dragons are taking a road trip to challenge the Lutheran South Academy Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Cooper was beaten by Concordia Lutheran 37-3.
Meanwhile, Lutheran South Academy strolled past Hyde Park with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 41-22. The Pioneers pushed the score to 41-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
John LeBlanc was a one-man wrecking crew for Lutheran South Academy as he threw for 232 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. That's the most total yards LeBlanc has posted since back in September of 2023. Braeden Robinson was another key player, picking up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cooper's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Lutheran South Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Cooper and Lutheran South Academy were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, but Cooper suffered an agonizing 30-29 loss. Can Cooper avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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