The Bishop Moore Hornets will challenge the Eau Gallie Commodores at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bishop Moore is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Dunnellon as Bishop Moore made off with a 38-15 victory. Bishop Moore's win was all the more impressive since the Tigers were averaging only 12.5 points allowed on the season.
Bishop Moore can attribute much of their success to Amare Johnson, who rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and Bjorn Jurgensen, who rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. With that strong performance, Johnson is now averaging an impressive 102.4 rushing yards per game.
Bishop Moore was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eau Gallie). They really took it to Titusville for the full four quarters, racking up a 44-7 victory. Given the Commodores' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Terriers are ranked 89th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eau Gallie's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Emmanuel Small led the charge by rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 104 rushing yards gave Small a new career-high. Tay Welch handled things on the ground, rushing for 90 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Bishop Moore has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.6 points per game. As for Eau Gallie, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Bishop Moore couldn't quite finish off Eau Gallie in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 12-10. Can Bishop Moore avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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