Football Preview: Oak Grove Eagles vs. Leigh Longhorns
Oak Grove is 4-0 against Leigh since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Oak Grove Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Leigh Longhorns at 7:15 p.m. Oak Grove will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Oak Grove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 29-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gunderson on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Leigh didn't have quite enough to beat Pioneer on Friday and fell 24-21. The Longhorns have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Leigh's loss came about despite a quality game from Charlie Lyon, who threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns.
Oak Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Leigh, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Oak Grove strolled past Leigh in their previous matchup back in November of 2017 by a score of 29-14. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Leigh's Eric Elizondo, who rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 38 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for Oak Grove to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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