The Alex Longhorns are taking a road trip to face off against the Okeene Whippets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Alex's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Weleetka on Friday. They had to suffer through a 54-0 loss at the hands of the Outlaws. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Outlaws are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Okeene had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Red Devils 2-0. The two-point effort marked the Whippets' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
With the defeat, Alex broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-4. As for Okeene, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Alex took a serious blow against Okeene in their previous matchup back in August, falling 56-0. Can Alex avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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