Football Preview: Sulphur Bulldogs vs. Perkins-Tryon Demons
The Sulphur Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Perkins-Tryon Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Sulphur took their match at home with ease, bagging a 62-7 win over Cache. Given Sulphur's advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Cache is ranked 163rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sulphur wouldn't let Cache keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Madden Duck was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Perkins-Tryon humbled Webster with a 55-14 victory. The Demons pushed the score to 55-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Wyatt Atkinson went supernova for Perkins-Tryon, rushing for 67 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Atkinson also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making four total tackles and defending two passes. Braiton Applegate was in the mix as well, providing Perkins-Tryon with a touchdown.
Perkins-Tryon's defense stepped up as well, laying out Jordan Deroin. nine times. It was truly a group effort as Ethan Anderson, Applegate, and Applegate picked up two apiece.
Sulphur pushed their record up to 2-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Perkins-Tryon, they now also have a winning record of 2-1.
Sulphur took a serious blow against Perkins-Tryon in their previous meeting back in November of 2019, falling 35-6. Can Sulphur avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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