Football Preview: Covington-Douglas Wildcats vs. Olive Wildcats
Covington-Douglas is 4-0 against Olive since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Covington-Douglas Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Olive Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Covington-Douglas is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Covington-Douglas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Davenport 72-27 on Friday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by 20 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Ford Smith, who rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 156 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023.
Covington-Douglas didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Smith and Camden Thayer. Covington-Douglas got some further help from Cache Pierson: he picked up a sack and made 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Covington-Douglas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 388 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Olive was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were beaten by Waukomis 52-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Chiefs are ranked 18th).
Covington-Douglas pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Olive, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Everything came up roses for Covington-Douglas against Olive in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, as the team secured a 48-12 victory. In that game, Covington-Douglas amassed a halftime lead of 48-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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