The Cocoa Tigers will square off against the Rockledge Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cocoa is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39 points per game this season.
Cocoa's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 48-0 victory over Astronaut. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 26 points or more this season.
Brady Hart continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 335 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes. Latrison Lane helped Hart out on the ground, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also picking up 50 receiving yards.
Cocoa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 68.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 157.3.
Meanwhile, Rockledge waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They enjoyed a cozy 24-10 win over the Barracudas.
The victory made it two in a row for Cocoa and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Rockledge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Cocoa took their win against Rockledge when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 26-0. Does Cocoa have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rockledge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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