Football Preview: Ponca City Wildcats vs. Muskogee Roughers
Ponca City is 1-9 against Muskogee since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ponca City Wildcats will head out to face off against the Muskogee Roughers at 7:00 a.m.
Ponca City's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against MacArthur on Friday. They were beaten by the Highlanders 40-0. 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 120th, while the Highlanders are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Muskogee put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Bentonville West 49-48.
Pj Wallace and Jamarian Ficklin were among the main playmakers for Muskogee as the former rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry and the latter threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns. Wallace showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards. 83 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jamie Beasley, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Muskogee wouldn't let Bentonville West keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Kenyon Goodson, Coda Barnoski, and Barnoski picked up one apiece.
Ponca City now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Muskogee, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Ponca City might still be hurting after the 34-10 defeat they got from Muskogee in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Muskogee's Latavion Johnson, who rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Now that Ponca City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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