PARIS- The Paris Eagles flew out of the starting blocks early on Friday night, scoring 14 points in the first quarter and 7 points in the second on their way to a 34-21 win over the Tigers at Eagles Stadium. Paris (2-1, 0-0) won their second game of the season and will now have next week off as a bye week on their schedule. West Fork (1-2, 0-0) loses their second consecutive game and will also have a bye next week.
West Fork scored in the second quarter to close the Eagles’ lead to 21-7 at the half. The Tigers would fight back in the third, scoring a touchdown late in the third but missing the extra point conversion to narrow the Paris lead to 21-13.
But Paris took control of the game in the third quarter, scoring 13 points in the quarter to extend the lead to 34-13 at the end of the third. West Fork would not give up, also scoring a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Tigers would add a two-point conversion, and that’s the way the game ended up with the final score of 34-21 and the Eagles winning their second non-conference game.
The Eagles will start conference play on September 22 when they travel to Malvern to play the Glen Rose Beavers. West Fork will also open conference play in their conference on the same date at Mansfield.
In other high school action from the River Valley, Ozark defeated Charleston 28-7, and the Booneville Bearcats were defeated by Camden Fairview, 30-22. Magazine got its first victory of the season, defeating Danville, 32-20. Mountainburg defeated Cedarville, 17-8, and Lavaca defeated Horatio, 38-7. Greenwood traveled to Mountain Home and defeated the Blue Bombers by the score of 55-7. Waldron lost their third game of the season at the hands of Fouk, 33-0.
RNN Sports will be in Nashville on September 15 to cover the Charleston Tigers and the Nashville Scrappers.
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