Cocoa has gone 3-0 against Mainland recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Cocoa Tigers will head out to take on the Mainland Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. Cocoa will be strutting in after a win while Mainland will be coming in after a loss.
Cocoa is headed out to face Mainland after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Cocoa claimed a resounding 42-10 victory over Titusville at home. The win was nothing new for the Tigers as they're now sitting on 13 straight dating back to last season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cocoa to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brady Hart, who threw for 270 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. 111 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jayvan Boggs, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Cocoa wouldn't let Titusville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cocoa can thank Javion Hilson and Tyion Jacobs for forcing both of them. Cocoa got some further help from Xadrian Smith: he made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss) which he returned for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Mainland unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They fell just short of University by a score of 31-28.
Cocoa strolled past Mainland in their previous matchup back in October of 2019 by a score of 36-22. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cocoa since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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