Football Preview: Harrisonville Wildcats vs. Oak Grove Panthers
Harrisonville has gone 8-1 against Oak Grove recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats faces off against the Oak Grove Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Harrisonville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top against Clinton by a score of 12-0. The 12-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oak Grove). They blew past Central 50-0 at home on Friday. The Panthers' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Oak Grove had a senior duo take command as Noah Spencer rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries and Logan Pittman rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards Spencer has posted since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Oak Grove wouldn't let Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Carter Long, Tristan Garrett, and Grant Mcginnis picked up one apiece.
Harrisonville now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Oak Grove, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Harrisonville suffered a grim 45-20 defeat to Oak Grove when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spencer, who rushed for 287 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per carry. Now that Harrisonville 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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