Football Recap: Overton Comes Up Short Despite Bryce Still's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Oct 12, 2024, 12:22am

Football Recap: Overton Mustangs vs. Lovelady Lions

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After flying high against Tenaha last Thursday, Overton came back down to earth. The Overton Mustangs came up short against the Lovelady Lions on Friday, falling 41-21. The loss continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost four in a row.

Despite the loss, Overton still got an impressive performance from Bryce Still, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 250 yards on 26 of 41 attempts. Those 105 rushing yards gave Still a new career-high. A healthy portion of that aerial production (92 yards to be exact) went to Bryson Bobbitt.

Overton's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2. As for Lovelady, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.

Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Alto the next time they take the field. Lovelady will head out to face Alto at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Overton will host them at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.

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