Odessa and Harrisonville are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Odessa Bulldogs will head out to take on the Harrisonville Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Odessa is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Odessa came up short against Chillicothe and fell 20-10. The contest marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Harrisonville challenged Oak Grove on Friday. Harrisonville claimed a resounding 42-7 victory over Oak Grove at home. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Wildcats have posted against the Panthers since October 6, 2017.
Harrisonville relied on the efforts of Levi Hall, who rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry, and Brandon Phillips, who rushed for 222 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Those 212 rushing yards gave Hall a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Harrisonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 481 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Odessa now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Harrisonville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Odessa was taken down by Harrisonville 42-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Odessa was down 35-14.
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