The Cane Bay Cobras will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Berkeley Stags at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Cane Bay beats Berkeley with 28 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. Cane Bay secured a 28-22 W over Goose Creek on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cobras.
Meanwhile, Berkeley got the win against Lucy Beckham two weeks ago by a conclusive 30-9. Considering the Stags have won four games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jaden Mack went supernova for Berkeley, rushing for 163 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Mack's longest rush was for an incredible 81 yards. Henry Rivers was another key player, throwing for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes.
Berkeley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Berkeley's defense and their four sacks. Gehad Snead was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. He has been hot recently, having also posted seven or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Berkeley got some further help from Marcus Henderson: he made 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Berkeley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.5 points per game. As for Cane Bay, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-7.
Cane Bay couldn't quite finish off Berkeley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 24-21. Will Cane Bay have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.
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