Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sickles). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 40-38 win over the Leto Falcons on Friday. The Gryphons have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Falcons, too.
Ethan Hanson had a dynamite game for Sickles, throwing for 147 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 71 yards on only seven carries. Kerven Dennis was in the mix as well, providing Sickles with two touchdowns.
Sickles didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dennis and Rhys Williams.
Leto lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jakobe Bruton, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also picked up 81 receiving yards. Those 88 rushing yards gave Bruton a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Trey Alexander, who gained 139 total yards and a touchdown.
Sickles' victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Leto, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-7.
Sickles has already played their next contest, an 82-0 defeat against Plant on the 25th. As for Leto, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 57-0 loss against Tampa Bay Tech on the 25th.
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