The Capitol Hill Redwolves will challenge the Muskogee Roughers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Capitol Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Muskogee will come in with nine straight wins.
Capitol Hill's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Putnam City North on Friday. They were dealt a 70-0 defeat at the hands of the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Redwolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Panthers are ranked 58th).
Meanwhile, while Muskogee put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Bartlesville. Muskogee blew past Bartlesville, posting a 55-0 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Roughers, who have now won four contests by 35 points or more so far this season.
Muskogee had a senior duo take command as Jamarian Ficklin threw for 339 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes and Ondraye Beasley gained 195 total yards and four touchdowns. Those six passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Ficklin. Pj Wallace helped Ficklin out on the ground, rushing for 110 yards on only 11 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Muskogee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in 14 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Capitol Hill's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Muskogee, their win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
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