The Pond Creek-Hunter Panthers will take on the Garber Wolverines at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pond Creek-Hunter will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Pond Creek-Hunter is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oklahoma's top teams: Laverne, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Pond Creek-Hunter was ranked 17th). Pond Creek-Hunter was beaten by Laverne 40-12 on Friday. The matchup marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Garber was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Pioneer-Pleasant Vale 62-16 at home. Considering the Wolverines have won five games by more than 43 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Brett Howry was his usual excellent self, throwing for 350 yards and six touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. Elex Chester helped Howry out on the ground, rushing for 82 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Garber wouldn't let Pioneer-Pleasant Vale keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Seth Smith, Domingo Ramirez, and Juan Martinez picked up one apiece.
The loss snapped Pond Creek-Hunter's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record. As for Garber, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-1.
Pond Creek-Hunter came up short against Garber in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 42-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garber's Carson Bishop, who rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 41 receiving yards. Now that Pond Creek-Hunter knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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