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Pryor puts on show for WHS
Just about everyone who came to Washington High School Stadium Friday wanted to see the Terrelle Pryor Show.
While those expecting a grand performance from the talented Jeannette quarterback got their wish, the standing-room-only crowd also saw something else: a Jeannette team that probably will dominate the Interstate Conference the same way it dominated the Prexies.
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Those who got a first-hand look at Pryor came away more than impressed.
"He's a freak," Jeannette coach Ray Reitz said.
"He's just so talented," Washington coach Bill Britton said. "He makes it look so easy."
Though Pryor has been getting a lot of attention over the last year, it was even a bit much for the shy senior last night as he was besieged by several camera crews and a number of reporters.
While the spotlight is always on him, Pryor is quick to give a lot of credit to his teammates.
"It's not just me. I get help from my linemen. They blocked perfectly today and gave me openings," Pryor said. "And all of our athletes touched the ball and made plays. ... Every game, someone else breaks out and has a great game."
It was a virtuoso performance by Pryor, who rushed for 64 yards, passed for 157 yards and added a 54-yard punt return that was brought back five yards on a penalty for a forward lateral that wasn't on the television replay.
Despite all of the accolades surrounding Pryor's trip to Washington, it was the Prexies who scored first on the opening drive of the game. Joey Ward took the kickoff and ran it back 77 yards to the Jeannette 20.
After an offsides penalty on the Jayhawks, Prexies quarterback Chad Smith connected with Ramonte Barfield for an 11-yard pass to the Jayhawks' 4. Two incomplete passes and a rush for no gain later, the Prexies faced a fourth-and-goal. But Smith found Tom Kelly at the right side of the end zone. A missed extra point made it a 6-0 Washington lead.
"We ran around the wedge," Reitz said. "We'll address that tomorrow."
Pryor masterfully ran the Jeannette offense.
If he wasn't running with the ball, Pryor, who ran for two touchdowns, had four good options to hand it off. The quartet of Jordan Hall, Mike Matt, Jerry Harris and James Derry rushed for a combined 112 yards in the first half and scored two touchdowns, one each by Harris and Hall, who also ran back a fumble return for the Jayhawks' third touchdown of the first quarter.
Pryor also threw the ball with ease, torching the Washington secondary. Pryor connected with Hall for two touchdown passes, one for 15 yards on Jeannette's first drive which gave the Jayhawks the lead, and another for 60 yards on Jeannette's first drive of the second half which invoked the Mercy Rule.
Though Washington tried to stick with its gameplan and run the ball, Jeannette's defense constantly swarmed to the ball and held the Prexies to minus-21 yards in the first half as Jeannette held a 39-6 lead.
"That team speed defensively, man are they fast," a flabbergasted Britton said. "At the point of attack, we were getting our blocks but they were just dragging us down from the back side."
It was that kind of night for the Prexies, who could have had an even worse fate.
"(Reitz) really could have put it to us," Britton said, "and he was kind with 52-12."
