The Pocahontas Redskins will face off against the Prairie Grove Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pocahontas is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 32-13 win over Nashville.
Meanwhile, Prairie Grove had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 34-14 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
Pocahontas better keep an eye on Elijah Sugg. He was instrumental in Prairie Grove's win, rushing for 252 yards and three scores while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. Sugg is becoming a predictor of the Tigers' success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 5-2 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Blake Coughran, who gained 134 total yards and a touchdown.
Prairie Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 343 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards every time they've taken the field this season.
The win got Pocahontas back to even at 5-5. As for Prairie Grove, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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