Football Recap: Cooper Bulldogs vs. Big Sandy Wildcats
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cooper had no problem doing just that on Friday. They took down the Big Sandy Wildcats 56-41.
Courion Finney went supernova for Cooper, rushing for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also picking up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Finney has posted since back in September. Jase Miller was another key back, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Cooper was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 221 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Big Sandy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kayden Smith, who threw for 372 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Lurbryson Ross helped Smith out on the ground, rushing for 32 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 54 receiving yards.
Cooper is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.7 points per game. As for Big Sandy, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-5 record this season.
Cooper will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Joaquin at 7:00 p.m. Cooper is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.3 points per game this season. Big Sandy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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