Football Preview: Broken Bow Savages vs. Stilwell Indians
Broken Bow is 8-0 against Stilwell since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Broken Bow Savages will host the Stilwell Indians at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Broken Bow has four straight wins, Stilwell has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Broken Bow is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sallisaw, posting a 56-14 victory on the road. The Savages might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 21 points or more this season.
Greydon Howell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 183 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 120 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Dejhaun Hall, who picked up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Broken Bow was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Stilwell came up short against McLain Science & Tech on Thursday and fell 18-6. The contest marked the Indians' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Despite the loss, Stilwell saw an underclassman step up: Brayton Carter picked up 99 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Broken Bow's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Stilwell, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Broken Bow was able to grind out a solid victory over Stilwell in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 33-26. Does Broken Bow have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stilwell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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