Ada has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Broken Bow Savages at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ada is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 53-13 victory over Stilwell on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Cougars with their most commanding win of the season.
The match pitted two dominant wideouts against one another in Deante Lindsay and Brayton Carter. Lindsay had a great game on Thursday and picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Carter did his best for the losing side, picking up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Broken Bow had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They took down the Hornets 37-22. Given the Savages' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Hornets are ranked 95th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Broken Bow found their leader in underclassman Greydon Howell, who rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 70 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Broken Bow was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 331 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Ada's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-3. As for Broken Bow, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Ada won a game that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in November of 2023, slipping by Broken Bow 28-27. Will Ada repeat their success, or does Broken Bow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
