Football Preview: Mourning Sharks vs. Coral Reef Barracudas
The Mourning Sharks will head out on the road to take on the Coral Reef Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mourning will bounce into Friday's game after beating Reagan, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. Mourning slipped by Reagan 29-28 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Coral Reef came tearing into Friday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by the Falcons 22-21. That's two games straight that the Barracudas have won by just one point.
Coral Reef's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Roger Rodriguez, who gained 90 total yards and two touchdowns, and Izaiah Roque, who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Mourning's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Coral Reef, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Mourning was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Coral Reef in their previous meeting back in August of 2017. Can Mourning avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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