The Coconut Creek Cougars will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Blanche Ely Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Thursday, Coconut Creek came up short against Atlantic 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).
Meanwhile, Blanche Ely unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak last Friday. They took a 52-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of Monarch. 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 defeat 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).
Coconut Creek now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Blanche Ely, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
Coconut Creek lost to Blanche Ely on the road by a decisive 31-14 margin when the teams last played back in October. Can Coconut Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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