Football Recap: Mcqueen Comes Up Short Despite Cooper Craft's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 8:23am

Football Recap: McQueen Lancers vs. Bishop Manogue Miners

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McQueen lost against Bishop Manogue back in November of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The McQueen Lancers lost to the Bishop Manogue Miners on the road by a 45-26 margin. The defeat continues a trend for the Lancers in their matchups with the Miners: they've now lost four in a row.

Despite the loss, McQueen still got an impressive performance from Cooper Craft, who threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Craft has posted since back in October of 2023. A healthy portion of that aerial production (83 yards to be exact) went to Alex Hancock.

It was another big night for Brandon Mann, who threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 45 yards for Bishop Manogue. Another player making a difference was Amir Mcgruder, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.

McQueen now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Bishop Manogue, they pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

McQueen will host Douglas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Bishop Manogue, they will venture away from home to challenge Reed at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Reed will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.

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