Football Preview: St. Edward's Pirates vs. Cocoa Beach Minutemen
The St. Edward's Pirates will face off against the Cocoa Beach Minutemen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Edward's will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
St. Edward's is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 40-22 win over Okeechobee on Friday.
Nate Sparkman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 325 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes. St. Edward's also got a significant boost from Jaden Jackson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 103 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Edward's defense and their four sacks. Okeechobee's QB won't forget Gary Anderson anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Another thorn in Okeechobee's side was Ethan Ball, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach earned a 16-7 victory over Winter Springs last Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Minutemen.
Cocoa Beach wouldn't let Winter Springs keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cocoa Beach can thank Kyler Coe and Preston Sherrill for forcing both of them. Coe is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
St. Edward's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1. As for Cocoa Beach, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
St. Edward's beat Cocoa Beach 27-20 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Cocoa Beach's Santi Chavez, who rushed for 160 yards on only 11 carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Edward's still be able to contain Chavez? There's only one way to find out.
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