The Countryside Christian Minutemen will head out on the road to face off against the Merritt Island Christian Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Countryside Christian comes in on four and Merritt Island Christian on 14.
Countryside Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Donahue Catholic 35-13. Considering the Minutemen have won seven contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island Christian faced Canterbury in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Merritt Island Christian enjoyed a cozy 20-6 victory over Canterbury. The 20-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
It was another big night for Bode Handwork, who threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. A healthy portion of Handwork's aerial production (86 yards to be exact) went to Trey Nevad, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Countryside Christian pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.8 points per game. As for Merritt Island Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 11-0.
Countryside Christian was dealt a bruising 50-16 loss at the hands of Merritt Island Christian when the teams last played back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Merritt Island Christian's Nathanael Buccio, who rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Now that Countryside Christian 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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