Muskogee is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Bentonville West is on a three-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Muskogee Roughers will welcome the Bentonville West Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Muskogee is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Rogers, who was ranked 13th at the time (Muskogee was ranked ninth). Muskogee secured a 33-28 W over Rogers on Friday.
Muskogee had a senior duo take command as Pj Wallace rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns and Jamarian Ficklin rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Ficklin got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 51 yards.
Muskogee wouldn't let Rogers keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Muskogee can thank Latavion Johnson and Micheal Puckett for forcing both of them. Johnson also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making seven total tackles.
Meanwhile, Bentonville West was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 44-38 to Cabot. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Wolverines still had to take the loss.
Muskogee's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Bentonville West, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Muskogee came up short against Bentonville West in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, falling 21-13. Can Muskogee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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