Football Preview: Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs vs. Booker T. Washington Tornadoes
Two dominant signal callers in Jayden Torres and Nylan Maine are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs will challenge the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cardinal Gibbons is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.7 points per game this season.
Cardinal Gibbons is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Carol City , sneaking past 17-14. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cardinal Gibbons.
Torres continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 255 yards while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 59 yards on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Tyler Jackson did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 111 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Booker T. Washington waltzed into their contest on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They strolled past the Chargers with points to spare, taking the game 31-13. Given the Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Chargers are ranked 226th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Booker T. Washington didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Trezavant Boyd and Ben Hanks Jr. Hanks Jr has been hot recently, having posted at least one interception the last four times he's played. Booker T. Washington got some further help from Edwardo Thompson: he picked up four sacks and made nine total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Booker T. Washington's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.6 points per game. As for Cardinal Gibbons, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Cardinal Gibbons came up short against Booker T. Washington when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 31-21. Thankfully for Cardinal Gibbons, Torey Morrison (who threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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