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The Delhi Bears got their first loss of the season with a narrow 56-42 match against the OCS Eagles last Friday night.

OCS took a 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and bumped it up to 28-14 at the half. They were still ahead 49-28 at the end of the third quarter. Delhi rallied with 14 points to OCS’ seven in the fourth quarter, but still ended the game with a final score of 56-42.

Brandon Williams directed the air attack for Delhi, completing 26 of 41 pass attempts for 310 yards and five touchdownss. 

The Delhi Charter School Gators dominated the D’Arbonne Woods Wolves last Friday night with a 27-8 victory.

Delhi came out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter and widened it to 21-0 at halftime. 

Neither team scored in the third quarter. D’Arbonne Woods came back with six points in the fourth quarter, but the Bears chipped in another six to take the final victory 27-8.

The Riverfield Academy Raiders hosted the Park Place Crusaders this past Monday night in another district game. The Raiders came out on top of this one, bringing their district record to 3-1.

The first quarter of the contest was plagued by penalties and turnovers for the Raiders. Park Place controlled the time of possession during the quarter and had the ball in good field position twice but were not able to score on the Raider defense. The quarter ended in a 0-0 tie.