The Nowata Ironmen will head out on the road to challenge the Pawnee Black Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Nowata sitting on three straight victories and Pawnee on four.
Nowata will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on October 4th (they won by 34) but last Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Morrison 22-20.
Treaver Emberson went supernova for Nowata, throwing for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, while also rushing for 83 yards. Those 83 rushing yards gave Emberson a new career-high. 104 of those passing yards were hauled in by Asiah Saxton, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Nowata wouldn't let Morrison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Nowata can thank Tyler Flower and Saxton for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Morrison's side was Jerome Jackson, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, while Pawnee put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Quapaw. Pawnee blew past Quapaw, posting a 68-0 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Black Bears, who have now won four contests by 36 points or more so far this season.
Nowata's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Pawnee, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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