Football Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Taylor Wildcats
Cocoa Beach has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Taylor Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cocoa Beach will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Cocoa Beach is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 38-16 margin over Faith Christian on Friday. The win was some much needed relief for the Minutemen as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.
Aaron Garber had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also picked up 72 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. Another player making a difference was Remy Vigne, who threw for 253 yards and a touchdown.
Cocoa Beach was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 91.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 159.7.
Cocoa Beach's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. Leading the way was Nathan Pond with two sacks.
Meanwhile, a victory for Taylor just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Crescent City, falling 49-6. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Raiders recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Cocoa Beach's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-6. As for Taylor, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything came up roses for Cocoa Beach against Taylor in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 36-6 victory. In that contest, Cocoa Beach amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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