Cocoa Beach has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to face off against the Space Coast Vipers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cocoa Beach's defense has only allowed 15.6 points per game this season, so Space Coast's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Cocoa Beach will head out to face Space Coast after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Cocoa Beach fell just short of St. Edward's by a score of 23-21. The Minutemen haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite their loss, Cocoa Beach saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Remy Vigne, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Santi Chavez, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cocoa Beach's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brennan Berk and Angel Stanley. Stanley also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Meanwhile, Space Coast didn't have too much trouble with Celebration at home on Friday as they won 28-12.
The critical scores for Space Coast came from Zion Sandy, Dee Parker, Brandon Wiggins, and Wiggins.
One reason for the win was Space Coast's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Leading the way was Alex Banachoski with two.
Cocoa Beach's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. As for Space Coast, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Cocoa Beach was dealt a bruising 47-7 loss at the hands of Space Coast in their previous meeting back in October of 2020. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cocoa Beach was down 41-7.
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