It was a proper cat-fight when Parish Episcopal challenged Prestonwood Christian on Friday. The Parish Episcopal Panthers fell just short of the Prestonwood Christian Lions by a score of 52-49. Despite 100 more yards than the Lions, the Panthers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Loss or not, Parish Episcopal got some senior leadership from Sawyer Anderson and Carson Darby. Anderson threw for 517 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 16.2 yards per attempt, while Darby picked up 240 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Darby has become a key player for Parish Episcopal: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-4 otherwise. Jaylen Pile did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 80 receiving yards.
A big part of Prestonwood Christian's victory came down to the chemistry between Luke Glass and his top target Lj Taylor. Glass threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt while Taylor rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns. What's more, Glass also racked up 28 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in September. Johnathan French-Love also helped with two touchdowns in total.
This is the second loss in a row for Parish Episcopal and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for Prestonwood Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Parish Episcopal will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Bishop Lynch at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th. Parish Episcopal will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. Prestonwood Christian has already played their next matchup, a 49-8 victory against Trinity Christian on the 1st.
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