The Four Corners Coyotes are taking a road trip to take on the Merritt Island Christian Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Four Corners comes in on four and Merritt Island Christian on eight.
Four Corners is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Cornerstone Academy, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Four Corners was ranked 13th). Four Corners really took it to Cornerstone Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 46-7 win on the road. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Coyotes had established a 38 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island Christian's offense rose to the challenge against a Shamrocks defense that boasted an average of only 15 points allowed on Friday. Merritt Island Christian snuck past Donahue Catholic with a 34-29 victory.
Bode Handwork continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 256 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt. Trey Nevad was Handwork's top target, picking up 132 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Merritt Island Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Four Corners' win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Merritt Island Christian, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for Four Corners against Merritt Island Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2018, as the team secured a 35-0 win. Does Four Corners have another victory up their sleeve, or will Merritt Island Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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