SARASOTA – The Cougars scored 35 points before the Friday Night Lights were even turned on for the regular-season opener, but they had no answer for Friday Night Lightning.

Vantrez Yarn returned an interception 47 yards for a touchdown just 86 seconds after kickoff, and fellow senior MacAiden Brown’s 48-yard fumble return for another score barely four minutes later highlighted a five-TD, first-quarter explosion that buried their guests from Miami in a game shortened by weather.

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