Football Recap: East Laurens Falls Despite Strong Effort from Tylan Snead

By Team Reports Aug 27, 2024, 6:52am

Football Recap: East Laurens Falcons vs. Dublin Fighting Irish

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East Laurens lost against Dublin back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The East Laurens Falcons had to suffer through a 66-26 loss at the hands of the Dublin Fighting Irish. The Falcons haven't had much luck with the Fighting Irish recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.

Despite the loss, East Laurens still got an impressive performance from Tylan Snead, who rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (141 yards to be exact) went to Major Floyd.

Leading Dublin to victory were Micah O?Neal and Willie Batts. O?Neal rushed for 122 yards and four touchdowns on only five carries, while Batts gained 180 total yards and a touchdown. O?Neal's longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.

East Laurens' loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Dublin, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.

East Laurens will take on Bleckley County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Dublin, they will venture away from home to challenge Southwest at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

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