The matchup between North Rock Creek and Kingfisher on Friday hardly resembled the 12-10 effort from their previous meeting. The North Rock Creek Cougars fell to the Kingfisher Yellowjackets 45-41. It was the first time this season that the Cougars let down their fans at home.
Despite the loss, North Rock Creek still got an impressive performance from Caleb Hawkins, who rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 37 yards and a touchdown. Hawkins' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards.
Even though they lost, North Rock Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
It was another big night for Jhett Birdwell, who threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns for Kingfisher. 103 of Birdwell's passing yards were hauled in by Santiago Ortega, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
North Rock Creek's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. As for Kingfisher, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season.
North Rock Creek will head out on the road to square off against Plainview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Rock Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29 points per game this season. As for Kingfisher, they will square off against Anadarko at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kingfisher also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 30 points per game.
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