Football Recap: Pryor Tigers vs. Del City Eagles
If Pryor was feeling good fresh off their 60-14 takedown of Memorial last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Pryor Tigers took a blow against the Del City Eagles on Thursday, falling 49-12. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Del City found their leader in freshman Syncere Overton, who rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes. Overton's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. 85 of Overton's passing yards were hauled in by Kedarrius Palmer.
The loss snapped Pryor's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-3 record. As for Del City, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
Pryor will square off against Bishop Kelley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pryor will stroll in with a five game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their October 12 matchup with Bishop Kelley. Del City does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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