The Menendez Falcons are headed away from home for the first time to face off against the Beachside Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Menendez lost 34-14 to St. Augustine on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Beachside entered their tilt with Englewood on Friday with ten consecutive wins dating back to last season but they'll enter their next game with 11. They breezed by the Rams on the road to the tune of 58-14. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Barracudas had established a 30 point advantage.
Eddie Jordan went supernova for Beachside, throwing for 403 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Drew Watson was Jordan's top target, picking up 109 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Beachside was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 484 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 16 points in total. All those points came courtesy of Owen Carey: he added nine points with three field goals, and another seven kicking extra points.
Menendez's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Beachside, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Menendez took a serious blow against Beachside in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 38-7. Can Menendez avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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