There was early excitement for Airline after they claimed the first score on Friday, but it was Captain Shreve who ended up claiming the real prize. The Vikings fell 66-56 to the Gators. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (49), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kenny Darby, who rushed for 162 yards and one score on only 15 carries, and also picked up 118 receiving yards and one TD. Another signal caller making a difference was Chase Williams, who threw for 377 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt.
Jamarcea Plater had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 206 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 112 receiving yards and one TD for Captain Shreve. Plater's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season. Cardarrian 'shawn' Devers was another key player, picking up 112 receiving yards and one touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Airline and nudges their season record down to 3-2. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 3-1 Evangel Christian Academy (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 77.5% over those games). As for Captain Shreve, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 4-1.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Airline will square off against rival Parkway at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Williams and Kb Williams. Meanwhile, Captain Shreve is set to challenge their familiar foe Evangel Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,253 yards in their previous games.
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