The Durant Cougars (1-1) defeats the Sickles Gyrphons (1-1) 30-20 behind the arms and legs of senior quarterback Erick Davis. Davis rushed for 135 yards and passed for 89 yards and a touchdown.
Key drive: Right out of the gates of the secnd half, Davis ran it up the gut of the Sickles defense for a 77-yard touchdown make the score 24-7.
Key play: As the Gryphons defense was holding the Cougars on third and 15, Davis found Aaron Zofnas for 30 yards leading up to a Derek Wells 44-yard field goal to put Durant up 30-14.
Key players: Durant senior Crispian Atkins ran for 150 yards on 15 attempts and a touchdown. Derek Wells was 3-for-3 on field goals of 44, 33 and 30.
Key stat: The Cougar defense was very stingy and corralled Clemson commit Ray Ray McCloud III to 35 yards and one touchdown.
Final word:"I think we can be very good, we just got to get better from week to week; we did some good things tonight." Durant coach Mike Gottman