The Mission Bay Buccaneers will challenge the San Diego Cavers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mission Bay is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
If Mission Bay beats San Diego with 49 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Buccaneers blew past Hoover 49-14 last Friday. The Buccaneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 28 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Trey Arnold and Hezekiah Manuel. Arnold had a great game and threw for 390 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 72.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Manuel was balling out in the loss, rushing for 71 yards and a pair of scores on only six carries, while also throwing for 215 yards on ten of 21 attempts.
Mission Bay's defense made their presence known, laying out Manuel four times. That dominant display was truly a team effort as four different players picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, San Diego rose to the challenge on Friday. They walked away with a 24-14 win over the Tigers.
San Diego found their leader in sophomore Jayden Harris, who threw for 277 yards and two TDs while picking up 13.9 yards per attempt. Harris' passing game has become a key predictor of the Cavers' success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 2-5 otherwise.
Mission Bay's victory bumped their record up to 10-0. As for San Diego, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Everything came up roses for Mission Bay against San Diego in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 38-0 win. Will the Buccaneers repeat their success, or do the Cavers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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