Walnut Ridge is 1-7 against Osceola since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Walnut Ridge Bobcats will be staying on the road to face off against the Osceola Seminoles at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Walnut Ridge's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Manila on the road to the tune of 38-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bobcats just coasted through the last quarter.
Jersie Cunningham was his usual excellent self, rushing for 230 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards dating back to last season. Enrique Perez was another major influence, as he rushed for 52 yards and ran in a TD.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Walnut Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in 16 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Osceola really took it to Hoxie for the full four quarters, racking up a 44-7 win on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 29-0.
Walnut Ridge's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Osceola, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
Walnut Ridge beat Osceola 32-22 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Walnut Ridge since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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