Football Preview: Carbondale Terriers vs. Cahokia Comanches
Carbondale hasn't had much luck against Cahokia recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Carbondale Terriers will head out to challenge the Cahokia Comanches at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Carbondale ended up a good deal behind Collinsville and lost 27-8. The Terriers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, Carbondale saw an underclassman step up: Davin Wooley threw for 192 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 80 yards. The dominant performance gave Wooley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Cahokia's strategy against Granite City on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Cahokia blew Granite City out of the water with a 76-0 final score. The Comanches pushed the score to 60-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had no chance of recovering from.
Zion Taylor had a dynamite game for Cahokia, throwing for 211 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 35 yards and two touchdowns. Taylor is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Josh Ware, who gained 59 total yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cahokia's defense and their seven sacks. It was truly a group effort as Cornelius Griffin, Issac Phipps, and Demarco Clark picked up two apiece.
Carbondale now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Cahokia, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Carbondale has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 156 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Cahokia has preferred to attack from the air: they average 313 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Carbondale came out on top in a nail-biter against Cahokia in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carbondale since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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