After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Pryor, Catoosa was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They put the hurt on the Verdigris Cardinals with a sharp 30-6 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Indians, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Brogan O'Neal went supernova for Catoosa, throwing for 268 yards and a touchdown while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 59 yards on only six carries. The dominant performance gave O'Neal a new career-high in rushing yards. 96 of those passing yards were hauled in by Braxton Repschlaeger, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Catoosa's defense and their six sacks. Boomer Lovins was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself. Jacy Richardson was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The win got Catoosa back to even at 1-1. As for Verdigris, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
Catoosa will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on Inola at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Catoosa is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season. As for Verdigris, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Jay at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th. Verdigris is facing Jay at the right time seeing as Jay is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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