Cocoa and Cardinal Mooney squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Cocoa had to settle for second. They were dealt a 40-0 defeat at the hands of the Cougars. The matchup marked the first time this season in which the Tigers were not able to get on the board.
Champ Smith threw for 191 yards on 19 of 33 attempts. Cayman Varis was his top target, picking up 69 receiving yards. On the ground, Javeon Scott rushed for 38 yards.
Connail Jackson had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 289 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 10.3 yards per carry for Cardinal Mooney. Jackson showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards. Bo Odaniel was in the mix as well, providing Cardinal Mooney with two TDs.
Cocoa's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-5. As for Cardinal Mooney, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 13-1.
Cocoa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cardinal Mooney, they will square off against Bolles at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Cougars will need to watch out since the Bulldogs have now posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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