Football Preview: Wewoka Tigers vs. Regent Prep
The Wewoka Tigers will head out on the road to face off against Regent Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wewoka is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They managed a 52-46 win over Mounds on Friday.
Wewoka found their leader in freshman Ladarius Woods, who rushed for 177 yards while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 125 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Woods a new career-high in rushing yards. Backing up that air attack was Adrian Frazier, who rushed for 109 yards.
Woods was just one part of a punishing run game: Wewoka was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Regent Prep came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they left with even more momentum. They strolled past the Golden Tigers with points to spare, taking the game 41-26.
Regent Prep pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.3 points per game. As for Wewoka, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-7.
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