Football Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Space Coast Vipers
On Friday Cocoa Beach will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Space Coast Vipers at 7:00 p.m. Cocoa Beach's defense has only allowed 15.6 points per game this season, so Space Coast's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Cocoa Beach will head out to face Space Coast after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Cocoa Beach fell just short of St. Edward's by a score of 23-21. The Minutemen haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Remy Vigne, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Santi Chavez, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cocoa Beach's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brennan Berk and Angel Stanley. Stanley also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Meanwhile, Space Coast strolled past Celebration with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 28-12.
The critical scores for Space Coast came from Zion Sandy, Dee Parker, Brandon Wiggins, and Wiggins.
One reason for the win was Space Coast's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Celebration's QB won't forget Alex Banachoski anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Cocoa Beach's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. As for Space Coast, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Cocoa Beach took a serious blow against Space Coast in their previous meeting back in October of 2020, falling 47-7. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cocoa Beach was down 41-7.
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