The Talihina Golden Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Wewoka Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Talihina will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Talihina is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Liberty: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Talihina blew Liberty out of the water with a 51-12 final score. Considering the Golden Tigers have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Talihina found their leader in underclassman Landen Griffith, who rushed for 203 yards and four touchdowns, and also threw for 232 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Those 203 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Griffith. A healthy portion of that aerial production (88 yards to be exact) went to Cy Ammons.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Talihina was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in eight consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a win for Wewoka just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Gore 34-6.
Talihina's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Wewoka, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
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