Football Preview: Sickles Gryphons vs. Armwood Hawks
Sickles hasn't had much luck against Armwood recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Sickles Gryphons will face off against the Armwood Hawks at 7:00 p.m.
Sickles is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points back in September, they were much more limited against Wharton two weeks ago. They were beaten by the Wildcats 33-6. The Gryphons were down 33-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
William Davis put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 128 yards.
Sickles wouldn't let Wharton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sickles can thank Tazio Tomasi and Matthew Mason for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Armwood put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Plant onto the board and left with a 26-0 victory. Considering the Hawks have won five contests by more than 22 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The critical scores for Armwood came from Girard Pringle Jr., Olontae Dean, Cameron White, and Tyler J. Williams. The team also got some help courtesy of Rhys Brush, who threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes.
Armwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dmontae Tims and White. Another thorn in Plant's side was Kellen Wiley, who picked up three sacks and made six total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Sickles' defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Armwood, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
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