Football Recap: Union Redhawks vs. Broken Arrow Tigers
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 69-28 victory over the Broken Arrow Tigers. Given the Redhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Tigers are ranked 28th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shaker Reisig went supernova for Union, throwing for 506 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Tayveon Parry helped Reisig out on the ground, rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, while also picking up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Union's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Broken Arrow's QB won't forget Tucker Koch anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Koch has been hot for a while, having also posted six or more total tackles the last nine times he's played.
Despite the loss, Broken Arrow still got an impressive performance from Jeramiah Ssettimba, who threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Tayshawn Wade, who picked up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win was the third in a row for Union, bringing their record for this year to 6-2. As for Broken Arrow, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.
Union will head out on the road to challenge Westmoore at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Union is facing Westmoore at the right time seeing as Westmoore is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Broken Arrow, they will host Edmond Memorial at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Broken Arrow is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season.
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