Football Preview: Pocola Indians vs. Hooker Bulldogs
Two dominant signal callers in Jaseir Posey and Kleat Martens are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pocola Indians will square off against the Hooker Bulldogs on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pocola comes in on six and Hooker on ten.
Pocola is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 52-14 victory over Tonkawa. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won seven matchups by 23 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Pocola's win came down to the chemistry between Posey and his top target Aj Lyons-Jerrell. Posey threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns while Lyons-Jerrell gained 194 total yards. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 66 yards.
Meanwhile, Hooker put their dominant defense on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. Everything went their way against Minco as Hooker made off with a 20-0 victory. The 20-point effort marked Hooker's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Hooker came from Keilan Robinson, Martens, and Gunnar Martens.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hooker's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Nate Hidalgo with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Hooker got some further help from Aydan Woolridge: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Hooker's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.2 points per game. As for Pocola, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Pocola has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 332.8 passing yards per game. Hooker, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 272.1 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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