The Grant Generals will head out to face off against the Putnam City Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Grant has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while Putnam City will come in with five straight victories.
On Thursday, Grant was beaten by Piedmont 76-6. While losing is never fun, the Generals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Putnam City on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Eisenhower out of the water with a 64-0 final score. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won four contests by 42 points or more so far this season.
Grant better keep an eye on Schuylar Turnbull. He was instrumental in Putnam City's win, throwing for 210 yards and two TDs while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also punching in one rushing score. Their leading receiver Savion James was Turnbull's top target yet again, picking up 85 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Putnam City didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Eisenhower to a completion percentage of just 18.8%. That dominant aerial defense primarily came from four players: Shaun Brown, Keandre Huffman, Jarius Polly, and Cameron Sanders, who each logged one passes deflected. Putnam City has been improving in that area: they had allowed a completion percentage of 0.65 earlier this season, but they've only allowed one of 0.65 in their last three games.
Putnam City's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Grant, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Grant took a serious blow against Putnam City in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 56-6. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Generals were down 36-0.
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