Football Preview: Cooper Jaguars vs. Bowling Green Purples
Two dominant signal callers in Cam O'Hara and Deuce Bailey are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Cooper Jaguars will face off against the Bowling Green Purples at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Cooper sitting on 14 straight wins and Bowling Green on six.
Cooper is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 61-23 victory over Highlands. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 matchups by 25 points or more this season.
It was another big night for O'Hara, who threw for 285 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt. He has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Johnson, who picked up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Cooper didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Isaac Brown and Ryker Campbell. Another thorn in Highlands' side was Max Wethington, who made 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Bowling Green faced South Warren in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Bowling Green came out on top in a nail-biter against South Warren , sneaking past 31-28. Bowling Green's win was all the more impressive since the Spartans were averaging only 14.36 points allowed on the season.
Bowling Green pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.2 points per game. As for Cooper, their win bumped their record up to 14-0.
Things could have been worse for Cooper, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 28-14 loss to Bowling Green when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bailey, who threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 85 yards on only seven carries. Now that Cooper 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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