Football Preview: Clyde Fliers vs. Perkins Pirates
The Clyde Fliers will head out to face off against the Perkins Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Clyde is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Port Clinton 56-21 at home on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Fliers had established a 21 point advantage.
Brennan Wilson had a dynamite game for Clyde, throwing for 197 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 60 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Wilson has posted since back in September of 2023. Kam Shortridge made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Meanwhile, Perkins put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Bellevue onto the board and left with a 43-0 victory. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Redmen are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perkins got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Isaac Bunts out in front who rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Braylon Collier, who picked up 177 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perkins' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Joey Diederich and Haiden Bollini.
Clyde's record is now 4-1. As for Perkins, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Clyde suffered a grim 31-7 defeat to Perkins in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Clyde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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