L.C. Bird came tearing into Friday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 53.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Powhatan Indians with a sharp 41-20 win. The Skyhawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Jason Wright was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 351 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Sirpaul Cheeks, who gained 192 total yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to L.C. Bird's defense and their ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jae'Mon Seigler and Jaqui Vaughan, who racked up five sacks between them. Seigler also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Another thorn in Powhatan's side was Emery Pope, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Several Indians players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Elliott Murphy, who threw for 293 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (93 yards to be exact) went to Matt Henderson.
L.C. Bird's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Powhatan, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
L.C. Bird will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Huguenot at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 961 yards in their previous games. Powhatan has already played their next match, a 42-13 win against Cosby on the 11th.
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