High School
Prowling and Growling: Cypress Park Tigers
The Cypress Park Tigers have been prowling and growling stadiums in the Houston Metro Area all season, scoring 61 points per game on offense while shutting down their opponents to the tune of 13 points allowed per game on defense.
Cypress Park Tigers
They have scored 68, 62, 59, 62, and 56 points in their five games and are averaging 521 yards per game.
The Tigers have clawed their way up and down the field for 2134 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns, averaging 423 rushing yards per contest. The ground game is led by RB/LB Harold Perkins.
At 6-2, 210 pounds, Perkins has rushed for 627 yards and 11 touchdowns, averaging 12 yards per rush. He has rushed for 0ver 100 yards in four of the five games played this season and scored at least one rushing TD in every game.
Perkins scored three rushing TDs vs Lamar Consolidated and Cypress Lakes.
He has also added two receiving touchdowns. On defense, he has made 8 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks.
Perkins holds 32 scholarship offers and is rated as the #1 linebacker in the country, and the #4 overall prospect in Texas, according to 247sports.
In 2020, he recorded 47 tackles, 14.5 TFLs, 3 sacks, 6 PBU, 3 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 fumble returned for a TD. Last year he also rushed for 983 yards, 14 TDs, and caught 19 passes for 371 yards.
The Tigers running game also features Cameron King (584 yards, 7 TDs) and Nathan Livingston (356 yards, 3 TDs).
Dominating Defense
As a unit, the defense has made:
- 234 tackles
- 36 TFLs
- 5 sacks
- 5 INTs
- 4 Fumble Recoveries
- 5 Forced Fumbles
- 1 Blocked Punt
Other players to watch on defense are:
- Jaylon Simien: 18 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles.
- Owen Pewee: 15 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 sack.
- Raymond Davis: 3 INTs, 17 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble.
The Tigers take on Cypress Falls on Saturday at 6 PM at Pridgeon Stadium.
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