The Blanche Ely Tigers will face off against the Coconut Creek Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Blanche Ely's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three games.
Blanche Ely is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Monarch just ended the team's four-game winning streak last Friday. They took a 52-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in October (31), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Blanche Ely's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Shawn Paschall, who gained 150 total yards and three touchdowns, and Omari Mcneal, who threw for 265 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Mcneal is becoming a predictor of Blanche Ely's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, Coconut Creek came up short against Atlantic on Thursday and fell 34-25. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Eagles are ranked 28th).
Coconut Creek now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Blanche Ely, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
Blanche Ely strolled past Coconut Creek when the teams last played back in October by a score of 31-14. Does Blanche Ely have another victory up their sleeve, or will Coconut Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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