The Space Coast Vipers are taking a road trip to square off against the St. Edward's Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Space Coast's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Gateway on the road to the tune of 40-0.
Christopher Mcdonel was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 57 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Kadyn Thomas also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Space Coast wouldn't let Gateway keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Alex Banachoski was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for St. Edward's, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 37-23 victory over Orangewood Christian on Friday.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Nate Sparkman and his top target Nicky Colontrelle. Sparkman threw for 383 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes while Colontrelle picked up 231 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Colontrelle is now averaging an impressive 126.5 receiving yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Edward's was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 464 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Space Coast's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for St. Edward's, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
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