Football Preview: Vero Beach Indians vs. Central Cobras
Vero Beach has gone 10-0 against Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Vero Beach Indians will be playing at home against the Central Cobras at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Vero Beach will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 27) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-7 win over Heritage. The ten-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Vero Beach found their leader in underclassman Champ Monds, who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 116 yards on nine of 13 attempts. Those 83 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Monds.
Meanwhile, Central had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Hurricanes 34-6 on the road. The result was nothing new for the Cobras, who have now won four matches by 27 points or more so far this season.
The critical scores for Central came from Brandon Cummings, Trey Flowers, Jamal Love, Anthony Lamattina, and Lamattina.
Vero Beach's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Central, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Everything came up roses for Vero Beach against Central when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 45-6 victory. Does Vero Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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