Miami Central Survives Booker T. Washington, Preserving National Showcase

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Brandon Odoi

Miami— Late in the fourth quarter Thursday night at Traz Powell Stadium, four star running back James Cook muscled his way into the end zone for the go ahead score that would give Miami Central the lead and eventually the victory over Booker T. Washington, 19-17.

Cook played the game under the weather with flu like symptoms and as he has done during both the preseason and the first game of the year for Miami Central, he lined up at several different positions on offense.  Booker T Washington’s junior quarterback Daniel Richardson tried to bring the Tornadoes back but his team missed a go ahead field goal with 44 seconds left in the game allowing Central to escape.

Next for Central, they travel to the desert next week in Las Vegas to play No. 2, Bishop Gorman.  But before the Gaels play Miami Central, they have a big test Friday night against Mater Dei, the consensus number one team in the country.

 

About Brandon Odoi

Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and a daughter and resides in South Florida.
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