Comparisons do Jeannette's Pryor no justice
By Mike Prisuta
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Outlined against a blue, gray November sky, the Four Horsemen weren't necessary.
Terrelle Pryor had it covered.
Running the ball and passing it. Forcing a fumble and contributing to an interception (in this instance by failing to actually intercept the ball himself). Helping to force an extra-point attempt wide right and running the show on a two-point conversion.
Pryor did all of that in the first quarter Friday afternoon at Heinz Field, as Jeannette jumped Beaver Falls from the outset and cruised to a 61-12 victory in the WPIAL Class AA championship.
As another ridiculous mismatch played out, it became much easier to anticipate Pryor working similar magic in a similar facility in Columbus, Ohio, Gainesville, Fla., or Morgantown, W.Va.
As Pryor seemingly did what he wanted when he wanted, it became much easier to envision when he might return to Heinz, this time to play on some not-too-distant Sunday.
"Pretty amazing," Beaver Falls head coach Ryan Matsook had said of Pryor prior to Pryor taking the Tigers apart.
Matsook then called Pryor "maybe the best (high school) player ever to play in Western Pennsylvania."