It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Canterbury can now relate to. They took a hard 20-6 fall against the Merritt Island Christian Cougars on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 55 points in the game before, the Crusaders couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the loss, Canterbury still got an impressive performance from Roman Wilder, who rushed for 208 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Wilder's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 208 rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Canterbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 241 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Bode Handwork continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Merritt Island Christian, throwing for 215 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards. That's the most rushing yards Handwork has posted since back in August. Trey Nevad was Handwork's top target, picking up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Canterbury's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2. As for Merritt Island Christian, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0.
Canterbury does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Merritt Island Christian, they will square off against Countryside Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Countryside Christian will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Merritt Island Christian surely won't give up without a fight.
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