The Beachside Barracudas are taking a road trip to square off against the Tocoi Creek Toros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Beachside beats Tocoi Creek with 41 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Beachside claimed a resounding 41-3 victory over Menendez at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 31-3.
A big part of Beachside's win came down to the chemistry between Eddie Jordan and his top target Drew Watson. Jordan threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt while Watson picked up 158 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Drew Aldrich also helped out as he racked up 114 receiving yards.
Beachside wouldn't let Menendez keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Beachside can thank Nigel Eldridge Jr and Noah Lustrea for forcing all of them. Lustrea also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tocoi Creek). They put the hurt on Bartram Trail with a sharp 46-26 victory on Wednesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Toros with their most commanding win of the season.
Tocoi Creek can attribute much of their success to Vincent Galella, who rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Ryan Killmer, who threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes. Galella got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 69 yards.
Beachside's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Tocoi Creek, the victory made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Beachside couldn't quite finish off Tocoi Creek in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 and fell 38-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Galella, who rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Beachside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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