A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Cardinal Mooney Cougars challenge the King's Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Cardinal Mooney is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Cardinal Mooney is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Somerset Academy - Canyons, posting a 55-27 victory. Fans of Cardinal Mooney have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Connail Jackson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 226 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. Those 226 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Mignery, who rushed for 108 yards on only 11 carries.
Cardinal Mooney didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Laron Dues and Greg Robinson. Dues has been hot for a while, having also posted at least one defended passe the last nine times he's played. Another thorn in Somerset Academy - Canyons' side was Elijah Golden, who picked up three sacks, made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Cardinal Mooney was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 530 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 233 rushing yards in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, King's Academy can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They had just enough and edged Calvary Christian Academy out 28-26.
King's Academy had a senior duo take command as Javian Jones picked up 222 receiving yards and three touchdowns and Joe Dailey threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Jones is now averaging an impressive 107.2 receiving yards per game.
King's Academy's defense made their presence known, laying out Camden Hartzell. three times. In that department, Kosuke Nakata was the leader with two sacks. Levi Champion was another major factor on D, making 18 total tackles (5.0 for loss) and defending two passes.
Cardinal Mooney pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33.4 points. As for King's Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
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