McAlester narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Glenpool 24-21. Having pegged this as anyone's game, the MaxPreps state rankings were right on the nose.
McAlester's offense came in ready to rumble, picking up 21 points in the first half. Glenpool wasn't quite able to keep up, scoring 14 to make it 21-14 heading into the break. McAlester almost let the contest get away from them in the second half, but they had just enough oomph to take it.
No one put up better numbers for McAlester than junior Chris Hilton, who brought his A game into the match. He picked up 97 yards on the ground on 29 carries and accumulated 155 passing yards. Hilton has been a consistent playmaker for McAlester as this was the 6th good game in a row from him. Senior Trent Pickens also helped out with an impressive 129 receiving yards in the win.
McAlester's victory brought them up to 4-5. The loss dropped Glenpool's record to 2-7.
It's more conference action for McAlester and Glenpool in their upcoming matches. McAlester will look to defend their home turf next week against Bishop Kelley at 7:30 PM. Bishop Kelley are cruising in on a seven-game winning streak. As for Glenpool, they will go up against Coweta. Those two teams will surely be scrapping tooth and nail to get back into the win column after losses this week.
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