On Saturday, the East St. Louis Flyers earned a 28-21 win over the Newton Rams. Given the Flyers' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked first in Illinois, while the Rams are ranked 44th in Georgia), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kendrick Lyons threw for 133 yards while completing 84.6% of his passes.
Christopher Bennett was his top target, picking up 52 receiving yards. On the ground,
Larevious Woods rushed for 49 yards.
Several Rams players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Zion Johnson, who rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. Johnson's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another passer making a difference was Deron Benson, who threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns.
East St. Louis pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Newton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. East St. Louis will challenge Imhotep Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Imhotep Charter will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something East St. Louis surely won't give up without a fight. As for Newton, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Archer at 7:30 p.m. on September 20th. Newton is facing Archer at the right time seeing as Archer is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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