Tavares hasn't had much luck against Bishop Moore recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Tavares Bulldogs will take on the Bishop Moore Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Tavares' defense has only allowed 7.1 points per game this season, so Bishop Moore's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Tavares will head into Monday's matchup out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Monday after soaring to a 36-point match in their last game. They fell just short of Mount Dora by a score of 15-12. The Bulldogs' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bishop Moore). They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Eustis 62-6 at home. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Panthers are ranked 381st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bishop Moore's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Bjorn Jurgensen, who threw for 208 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and Amare Johnson, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Another player making a difference was Kenyon Alston, who picked up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bishop Moore was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Tavares' defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Bishop Moore, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Tavares took a serious blow against Bishop Moore in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, falling 48-12. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tavares was down 27-6.
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