Overhills quarterback Chris Perkins (3) threw four touchdown passes.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Overhills quarterback Chris Perkins threw for four touchdowns on Friday night but it wasn’t enough.
Visiting Terry Sanford stormed out to a 28-0 lead and the Bulldogs wound up with a 49-27 Patriot 3-A/4-A Conference varsity football victory on the Jaguars’ Military Appreciation Night.
Overhills fell to 4-3 overall and 1-3 in league play going into an open date.
The first score for the Jaguars came on a 73-yard pass play from Perkins to Nasir McDaniel with 4:30 left in the first half.
Overhills trimmed the lead to 28-21 on touchdown passes from Perkins to Darius Williams covering 50 and 35 yards in the third quarter.
A 46-yard Perkins-to-Williams connection cut the lead to 35-27 with 11:17 left to play.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.
Overhills returns to action Oct. 18 at Gray’s Creek.
World War II veteran Hubert G. Edwards, who is 100 years old, walks out with the Overhills captains on Military Appreciation Night.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Darius Williams of the Jaguars breaks away on the first of three TD catches.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Nasir McDaniel is headed to the end zone for Overhills on Friday night.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
