Football Preview: Archer City Wildcats vs. Electra Tigers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withthe Electra Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Archer City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.9 points per game this season.
Archer City is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Haskell on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Archer City lost 37-16 to Haskell. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Wildcats have suffered against the Indians since October 28, 2016.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Landon Smith and Haegen Pinkerton. Pinkerton had a great game and rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Smith was balling out in the loss, rushing for 189 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Archer City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 262 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Electra put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Munday at home to the tune of 57-7. The Tigers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Nathan Harlow had a dynamite game for Electra, picking up 63 receiving yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 169 yards on only 15 carries. Ian Mckiddy was another key player, throwing for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes.
Electra didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Harlow picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Archer City's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-3. As for Electra, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Archer City won a contest that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, slipping by Electra 7-6. Will Archer City repeat their success, or does Electra have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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