The Bourgade Catholic Golden Eagles will take on the Florence Gophers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bourgade Catholic, yet to win a game, are hoping to taste some of the success that has characterized Florence's (thus far) undefeated season.
Bourgade Catholic's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Benjamin Franklin two weeks ago. They took a blow against the Chargers, falling 69-0. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Chargers are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Florence). They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 68-0 victory over Coolidge. The Gophers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Florence wouldn't let Coolidge keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Zayden Cundiff, Phillip Flores, and Soldier Blouir picked up one apiece.
Bourgade Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Florence, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Bourgade Catholic was dealt a bruising 63-0 defeat at the hands of Florence in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Florence's Malik Smith, who rushed for 69 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Bourgade Catholic 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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