On Friday fans watched as two of the best teams in the nation hit the field. The Cocoa Tigers fell just short of the Venice Indians by a score of 54-51. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (39), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Cocoa's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brady Hart, who threw for 527 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.1% of his passes, and Jayvan Boggs, who picked up 253 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hart is now averaging an impressive 345.2 passing yards per game. A healthy portion of that aerial production (157 yards to be exact) also went to Nicholas Teeter, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Dorien Irving-Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Venice, rushing for 226 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Irving-Jones a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Jayce Nixon, who threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns.
Cocoa's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Venice, their win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Cocoa will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Norland at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Norland's defense has only allowed 18 points per game this season, so Cocoa's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Venice, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 50-7 victory vs. Lehigh on the 27th.
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