Catoosa is on a three-game streak of home losses, Cushing a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Catoosa Indians will welcome the Cushing Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Catoosa's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Miami on Friday. They came up short against the Wardogs, falling 21-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Wardogs are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cushing). They took down Fort Gibson 40-23 on Friday.
A big part of Cushing's win came down to the chemistry between Roman Tucker and his top target Wyatt Delong. Tucker threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes while Delong picked up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown. Cushing is 5-1 when Delong posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
Cushing's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Catoosa, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Catoosa was dealt a bruising 48-14 loss at the hands of Cushing in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Catoosa, Brady Matheson (who picked up 230 receiving yards and four touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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