After some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three contests, Wylie finally came back down to earth on Thursday. They lost to the Wylie East Raiders on the road by a 23-6 margin. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Raiders are ranked 89th).
Even if they lost, Wylie's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Leading the way was Jayden Njoroge with two. Wylie got some further help from Harrison Vicic: he picked up a sack and made 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The critical scores for Wylie East came from King Baribe and Howard Fisher IV.
The defeat snapped Wylie's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 6-4 record. As for Wylie East, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Wylie will face off against North Forney at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Forney is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.9 points per game this season. As for Wylie East, they will square off against Forney at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wylie East is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
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