Odessa won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They came up short against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, falling 78-54. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (36), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Wilbur-Creston-Keller was led to victory by Kallen Maioho and Preston Michel. Maioho rushed for 261 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries, while Michel rushed for 286 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Maioho's longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Having lost for the first time this season, Odessa fell to 5-1. As for Wilbur-Creston-Keller, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Odessa will host Wellpinit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Odessa's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. As for Wilbur-Creston-Keller, they will head out to square off against Almira-Coulee-Hartline at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Almira-Coulee-Hartline will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Wilbur-Creston-Keller surely won't give up without a fight.
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