Football Preview: East St. Louis Flyers vs. Oak Lawn Spartans
The East St. Louis Flyers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oak Lawn Spartans at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. East St. Louis knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Oak Lawn likes a good challenge.
East St. Louis is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 58-14 victory over Glenwood. The Flyers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by 21 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Kendrick Lyons, who threw for 434 yards and six touchdowns while completing 90.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards. Those 37 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Christopher Bennett was Lyons' top target, picking up 145 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
East St. Louis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Phillip White. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Another thorn in Glenwood's side was Keandre Mcclendon, who picked up two sacks and made 18 total tackles.
East St. Louis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Oak Lawn was not able to break out of their rough patch back in October as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Oak Forest on the road and fell 65-20. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 397th, while the Bengals are ranked 175th).
East St. Louis' win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Oak Lawn, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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