Football Preview: Tyrone Golden Eagles vs. Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders
The Tyrone Golden Eagles will take on the Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Tyrone focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Things were looking good for Tyrone after they put the first points on the board, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell 28-21 to Bellwood-Antis.
Defeat or not, Tyrone got some senior leadership from Seth Hoover and Gayge Miller. Hoover rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown, while Miller picked up 140 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Hoover a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Bishop Guilfoyle put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Central by a score of 23-12. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 79th, while the Dragons are ranked 206th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Taurean Consiglio was his usual excellent self, rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, while also picking up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception. Bishop Guilfoyle also got help from Hamilton Gates, who showed off his sure hands for 82 receiving yards.
Tyrone now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Bishop Guilfoyle, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Tyrone barely slipped by Bishop Guilfoyle in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 28-27. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gates, who picked up 66 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 39 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tyrone still be able to contain Gates? There's only one way to find out.
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