Football Preview: Menendez Falcons vs. Tocoi Creek Toros
After four games on the road, Menendez is heading back home. They will host the Tocoi Creek Toros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Menendez is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points back in September, they were much more limited against Bishop Kenny on Friday. They fell 17-10 to the Crusaders.
Meanwhile, a win for Tocoi Creek just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Buchholz, falling 63-22. While losing is never fun, the Toros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Bobcats are ranked 34th).
Menendez now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Tocoi Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3.
Menendez suffered a grim 34-13 defeat to Tocoi Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tocoi Creek's Ryan Killmer, who threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 52 yards. Now that Menendez knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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