The Coronado Cougars will square off against the Lincoln Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Kailua, who was ranked 16th at the time (Coronado was ranked sixth). Coronado put the hurt on Kailua with a sharp 55-34 win on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Aiden Krause was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 317 yards and five touchdowns while completing 87% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Scott "Bubba" Holper was Krause's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Coronado's imposing defensive line, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. William Bittman was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. His also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks, making six total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Coronado was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 519 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Lincoln was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Long Beach Poly 42-14 on the road.
Aden Jackson had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 102 rushing yards per game. Akili Smith Jr. was another key player, throwing for 278 yards and a touchdown on only 19 passes.
Lincoln wouldn't let Long Beach Poly keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lincoln can thank Dylon Dunn and Jahmari Stoddard for forcing both of them. Stoddard also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making five total tackles. Eugene Rice was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Coronado's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Lincoln, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1.
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