The Central Blue Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Oak Grove Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
Central's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Washington last Friday. They were dealt a 60-0 loss at the hands of the Wildcats. Having soared to a lofty 44 points in the game before, the Blue Eagles' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oak Grove). They blew past Center 44-0 at home on Friday. With that win, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 26.3 points per game.
Noah Spencer had a dynamite game for Oak Grove, rushing for 109 yards and three touchdowns. Spencer showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 50 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Austin Scarborough, who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Oak Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 225.
Oak Grove wouldn't let Center keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Oak Grove can thank Grant Mcginnis and Amos Parks for forcing both of them.
Central dropped their record down to 0-5 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Oak Grove, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
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