This season hasn't been kind to The American Eagles, who are still winless after their eighth game. They were dealt a 56-17 defeat at the hands of Elite on Friday.
Emanual Daugherty II went supernova for Elite, throwing for 305 yards and six touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 81 yards on only seven carries. Lemack Bellot did his part to keep the secondary busy, gaining 126 total yards.
American's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their overall record down to 0-7. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 6-2 Newark Memorial and 5-2 Kennedy (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 61.6% over those games). As for Elite, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5.
American has the luxury of staying home another week and will welcome Piedmont at 7:00 p.m. on October 27th. Elite does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
