After flying high against Stoneman Douglas last Friday, Coconut Creek came back down to earth. The Coconut Creek Cougars took a 34-25 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Atlantic Eagles on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Eagles are ranked 27th).
Atlantic had a senior duo take command as Lincoln Graf threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns and Teddy Hoffmann picked up 63 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Dylan Elie helped Graf out on the ground, rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Coconut Creek now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Atlantic, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Coconut Creek's road trip will continue as they head out to face Blanche Ely at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blanche Ely is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.2 points per game this season. As for Atlantic, they will face off against Mater Academy Charter at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Atlantic also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 36.3 points per game.
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