Football Preview: Olive Wildcats vs. Covington-Douglas Wildcats
Olive has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Covington-Douglas Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Olive hasn't scored more than nine points for five games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Olive is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Waukomis on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Olive had to suffer through a 52-0 loss at the hands of Waukomis. 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).
Meanwhile, Covington-Douglas put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 72-27 win over Davenport. 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. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run.
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. Another thorn in Davenport's side was Cache Pierson, who 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.
Olive's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Covington-Douglas, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
Olive was dealt a bruising 48-12 loss at the hands of Covington-Douglas in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Olive was down 48-6.
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