Cardinal Mooney put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Bishop Verot Vikings as the Cardinal Mooney Cougars made off with a 49-28 win. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Cardinal Mooney was led to victory by Connail Jackson and Devin Mignery. Jackson rushed for 224 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry, while Mignery rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Jackson a new career-high in rushing yards. Ashton Kelly was in the mix as well, providing Cardinal Mooney with two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Cardinal Mooney's defense and their four sacks. Macaiden Brown was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Jayden Burnett was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, making ten total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cardinal Mooney was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 451 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bishop Verot only rushed for 201.
Deshon Jenkins Jr and Carter Smith certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Jenkins Jr rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, while Smith rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns.
Cardinal Mooney's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Bishop Verot, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cardinal Mooney will square off against Lakewood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 983 yards in their previous games. As for Bishop Verot, they will take on First Baptist Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. First Baptist Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 point or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Bishop Verot likes a good challenge.
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