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Wetumpka Indians defeat Eufaula Tigers

Eufaula was scheduled to host the Wetumpka Indians last Friday night, but the weather had other ideas and caused yet another change to a regularly scheduled game this season. With uncertainty surrounding Hurricane Helene and the expected heavy rainfall, an agreement was reached to flip flop the 2-game series and move the game to Wetumpka and their artificial “Field Turf” playing surface. Practice schedules were also affected with the Tigers calling off their Thursday practice as the City schools were out on Thursday. It didn’t appear to affect the Tigers as they moved quickly down the field on their first possession, to a first down on the Indian 15-yard line before the drive stalled. Cooper Wingate came in to kick a 30 yard field goal to give Eufaula the lead 3-0. That would turn out to be the only points of the game for the Tigers however. Eufaula’s defense played well most of the night, holding Wetumpka to only 2 first downs the entire first half and coming up with a interception by Jalen Parker. The only big play for the Indians in the first half was a 69-yard run for touchdown by Justin Godwin to give Wetumpka the halftime lead, 7-3.

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EHS Tigers defeat Carroll Eagles 41-7

Homecoming last Friday in Eufaula was a success as the Tigers picked up their second region win of the season by taking down the Carroll High Eagles, 41-7. It was an aerial assault as Eufaula took to the air, scoring all 6 of their touchdowns on passing plays, with Senior wide receiver Zachai Steele catching four of them. Eufaula opened the night by driving 80 yards on the game’s first possession, with Ty McCoy connecting with Steele for 17 yards for the game's first score. The Tigers would strike again in the first quarter on a McCoy to Steele pass from 7 yards to push the lead to 14-0. McCoy and Steele connected for the third time on a 62-yard scoring play, to cap off a 95-yard drive in only 4 plays. With only 6 seconds remaining in the first half, Steele scored again, this time on a 14-yard pass from Jaylin Wright to make the halftime score 28-0. Carroll scored in the third quarter to make it 28-7 before Wright hit Zy Devose with a 13-yard scoring strike. Closing out the scoring was Atorian Slaughter on a 20-yard pass from McCoy to make the final score 41-7. Sophomore quarterback Ty McCoy threw 4 touchdown passes and Jaylin Wright threw 2, completing all three passes he attempted for 45 yards. McCoy completed 12 of his 15 attempts for 176 yards. Steele went over the century mark receiving for the second time this season with 6 catches for 128 yards. Zy Devose had 3 receptions for 40 yards and a touchdown and Atorian Slaughter caught four passes for 32 yards and a touchdown also. Leading the way on the ground was Slaughter with 78 yards on only 6 carries and Wright with 8 carries for 60 yards. It was once again a balanced Offense for Eufaula with 221 yards through the air and 180 on the ground. The Tiger defense turned in another stellar performance, only surrendering one score. A few of the Tigers primary contributors on defense are Jalen Parker, Jave' Williams, Shamarion Smith, Keviyon Lamons, Ben Jackson, Thomas Hill, Tyjuan Turner, Zion Martin, Tirik Ivory,

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Eufaula High Tigers get first region win against the Headland Rams

After a week of heavy rainfall, the skies cleared Friday afternoon as the Eufaula Tigers traveled to Headland to take on the Rams in the second region contest for both schools. Eufaula got on the scoreboard first on a 1-yard run by Perry Dennard, halfway through the first quarter. Cooper Wingate, who went 4 for 4 on PATs, kicked the extra point to give Eufaula the lead, 7-0. Normal starting running back, Jaylin Wright, filled in at quarterback for injured Ty McCoy and had a great game. He scored the second touchdown of the night for the Tigers with 4:11 to go before the half. After an unsuccessful 2point attempt, Eufaula led 13-0. The Tigers struck paydirt again before halftime as Wright hit wide receiver Bernie Smith with a pass that covered 57 yards to push the Tiger lead to 20-0 at the half. The Eufaula defense played very well all night, holding the Rams without a first down until the last minute of the first half.

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Tigers surrender to Knights

Last week was a tough week in Eufaula. With torrential rainfall forecasted for Friday, the decision was made to move the game with Montgomery Catholic to Thursday night. Then all schools and extra-curricular activities were cancelled for Thursday. The game was then re-scheduled for Saturday. Without the magic of the lights of a Friday night in Tiger stadium, the Tigers fell to the Montgomery Catholic Knights by the score of 28-0.

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