Football Preview: Weleetka Outlaws vs. Strother Yellowjackets
Weleetka has gone 3-0 against Strother recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Weleetka Outlaws will challenge the Strother Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Weleetka has seven straight victories, Strother has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Weleetka beats Strother with 50 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Weleetka blew past Thackerville 50-0 at home on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Outlaws, who have now won six contests by 34 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Weleetka's win came down to the chemistry between Isaiah Drake and his top target Isaac Drake. Isaiah threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns on only seven passes while Isaac gained 156 total yards and two touchdowns. Isaac's longest rush was for an incredible 90 yards.
Weleetka didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Remington Neal picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, a victory for Strother just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Alex 58-22.
Weleetka's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Strother, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Weleetka came out on top in a nail-biter against Strother when the teams last played back in October of 2022, sneaking past 2-0. Will Weleetka repeat their success, or does Strother have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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