East Central has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the McAlester Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m.
It was a proper cat-fight when East Central challenged Durant on Friday. East Central came up short against Durant, falling 41-19. The Cardinals have struggled against the Lions recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McAlester). They blew past Edison, posting a 60-6 victory at home. With that win, the Buffaloes brought their scoring average up to 30 points per game.
Kacin Mazey and Jordan Clark were among the main playmakers for McAlester as the former threw for 253 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes and the latter rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. With that strong performance, Clark is now averaging an impressive 101.6 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Deveion Bickham, who picked up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McAlester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 310 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
McAlester wouldn't let Edison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. McAlester can thank Gavin Mason and Noah Lenardo for forcing both of them.
East Central now has a losing record at 2-3. As for McAlester, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
East Central was dealt a bruising 43-13 loss at the hands of McAlester when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can East Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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