The Carnegie Wildcats will be playing at home against the Mangum Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Carnegie is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Texhoma/Goodwell on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Carnegie had to suffer through a 41-13 loss at the hands of Texhoma/Goodwell. The Wildcats have struggled against the recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Mangum's undefeated season came to an end after eight games on Friday. They and Thomas-Fay-Custer were almost perfectly matched up, but Mangum suffered a 47-46 loss. The loss put an end to the Tigers' undefeated start to the season.
Despite the defeat, Mangum got top-tier performance from Austin Solis, who rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns. Solis is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 100 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Rogers, who rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Mangum was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 353 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Carnegie's record now sits at 1-8. As for Mangum, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
Carnegie couldn't quite finish off Mangum in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 25-22. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Solis, who rushed for 238 yards while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. Now that Carnegie 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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