Cocoa Beach entered their matchup against St. Edward on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Cocoa Beach Minutemen fell just short of the St. Edward's Pirates by a score of 23-21. It was the first time this season that the Minutemen let down their fans at home.
Cocoa Beach lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Remy Vigne, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Santi Chavez, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cocoa Beach's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brennan Berk and Angel Stanley. Stanley also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Jaden Jackson was nothing short of spectacular for St. Edward's: he picked up 93 receiving yards, and also rushed for 87 yards on only ten carries. St. Edward's also relied on Jackson, who's 50-yard boot wound up being the difference in the game. Nate Sparkman also helped out by tossing the rock for 269 yards.
Cocoa Beach's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. As for St. Edward's, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Cocoa Beach is taking a road trip to face off against Space Coast at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cocoa Beach is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. As for St. Edward's, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Boca Raton Christian at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th.
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