Football Preview: Heavener Wolves vs. Kingston Redskins
The Heavener Wolves will challenge the Kingston Redskins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Heavener is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 48-21 win over Roland. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Heavener relied on the efforts of Carson Payne, who rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Brayden Semore, who threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt. Payne's longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heavener was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Kingston came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Wildcats at home to the tune of 71-30. Considering the Redskins have won four matches by more than 25 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Heavener's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Kingston, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
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