The Putnam City Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Muskogee Roughers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Putnam City focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up six on Friday.
Putnam City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 26-14 win over Bartlesville.
Joshua Lombard went supernova for Putnam City, rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. Those 147 rushing yards gave Lombard a new career-high. Rodgerick Sloan also helped out as he racked up 170 rushing yards.
Putnam City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Muskogee put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Putnam City North 36-0. The result was nothing new for the Roughers, who have now won seven contests by 35 points or more so far this season.
Muskogee can attribute much of their success to Jamarian Ficklin, who threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns, and Pj Wallace, who rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Wallace has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Muskogee's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.2 points per game. As for Putnam City, their record now sits at 7-4.
Putnam City was dealt a bruising 57-0 defeat at the hands of Muskogee when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ficklin, who threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. Now that Putnam City 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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