The Elk City Elks will face off against the Weatherford Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elk City will be strutting in after a win while Weatherford will be coming in after a loss.
Elk City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Douglass 42-0 on the road on Thursday. Given the Elks' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Trojans are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Weatherford has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 12.57 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Thursday. They were beaten by Elgin 56-14. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Owls: they've now lost four in a row.
Although Weatherford took the loss, they still got scores from Ty Short and Kashen Skinner.
Elk City's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Weatherford, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2.
Elk City beat Weatherford 21-14 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Weatherford's Jackson Blackmon, who rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Elk City still be able to contain Blackmon? There's only one way to find out.
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