Two dominant signal callers in Hezekiah Manuel and Trey Arnold are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Hoover Cardinals will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Hoover and Canyon Hills, and Canyon Hills kept the tradition alive. The Cardinals fell 27-20 to the Rattlers on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Mission Bay strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They blew past Crawford 49-21. Considering the Buccaneers have won three games by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hoover better keep an eye on Nestor Bautista. He was instrumental in Mission Bay's win, rushing for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Those 102 rushing yards gave Bautista a new career-high.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Mission Bay proved: they limited Crawford to a paltry 2.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Nereo Kraft for the heroic effort on defense: he. Mission Bay didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 8.8.
Mission Bay's defense didn't let Giovanni Garcia, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for six sacks. In that department, Chance Strinden was the leader with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in each of the last five games he's played. Kraft was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 13 total tackles.
Hoover now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Mission Bay, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0.
Hoover took a serious blow against Mission Bay in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, falling 41-6. Thankfully for the Cardinals, Clash Orsborn (who threw for 170 yards and four TDs on only 16 passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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