Week 4 Winner: McAlester Football

McAlester is the Week 4 winner of the Oklahoma Team of the Week presented by the Oklahoma National Guard.
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Turnabout
is fair play. And revenge is best served at your opponent's
home field.
Whatever the trite saying,
McAlester
High School's football team just knows Friday's 47-34
win at Stillwater was sweet.
The Buffaloes avenged a
fairly embarrassing 42-18 home loss to Stillwater, which went on to
record a 3-7 record. McAlester rebounded nicely from last year's
season-opening defeat by going 8-5, losing in the state 5A semifinals to
East Central.
The momentum from last season
evidently carried over, especially junior quarterback
Dalton
Wood, who accounted for 427 yards and all seven touchdowns in
the win at Stillwater on Friday.
For his and the
team's performance, McAlester has been selected as the MaxPreps Oklahoma
Team of the Week presented by the Oklahoma National Guard.
Wood completed 22 of 39 passes for 257 yards and
five touchdowns, two going to
Jarome
Smith and one each to
Cade
Harkins,
Mason
Bumphus and
Caden
Pratt. Harkins finished with eight catches and 100
yards.
"(Wood) has put in a lot of time and effort
and has always been a great
leader," said head coach Bryan Pratt. "He also pushes other guys on the
field."
Wood also rushed 18 times for 170 yards and
Smith
went for 90 yards on 14 carries. All told, the Buffaloes racked up 555
yards.
"We’re a fast-paced, no-huddle offense, and we
snapped the ball about 84
times last week," said Pratt.
McAlester fell behind
13-7 in the first
quarter, but a three-touchdown second-quarter rally gave it a 28-20
halftime lead. Stillwater tied the game in the third quarter at 34, but
the Buffaloes were determined to make amends for last year with two
unanswered touchdowns in the fourth.
"We’re a very
mature
team," said Pratt. "We know about the game, we know it’s a four-quarter
war."
Wood, Smith and
defensive back
Allen
Woodmoore (seven tackles, interception, pass break-up) were
picked as Players of the Game by Pratt.
The Buffaloes continue their season Friday at home
against Washington, which beat McAlester 27-17 last season. More revenge
is on the mind of the Buffaloes, who have gone 41-10 the last four-plus
seasons under Pratt.
The program won state titles
in 1968 and 1988.
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deserves
consideration for Oklahoma Team of the Week? Email us with your
nominations at OKteamoftheweek@maxpreps.com.