Football Preview: Smyrna Eagles vs. St. Georges Tech Hawks
The Smyrna Eagles will square off against the St. Georges Tech Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Smyrna will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Smyrna is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Sussex Central, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Smyrna was ranked sixth). Smyrna snuck past Sussex Central with a 30-26 victory on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Georges Tech). They secured a 31-27 W over Cape Henlopen on Friday. The win was nothing new for the Hawks as they're now sitting on three straight.
Emory Womack went supernova for St. Georges Tech, rushing for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also picking up 36 receiving yards. Those 123 rushing yards gave Womack a new career-high.
St. Georges Tech wouldn't let Cape Henlopen keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Georges Tech can thank Jase Munson and Jahlil Settles for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Munson is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game.
Smyrna has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.8 points per game. As for St. Georges Tech, the victory also got them back to even at 5-5.
Smyrna came up short against St. Georges Tech when the teams last played last Saturday, falling 19-6. Will Smyrna have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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