After each having a week off, the Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Mustangs and the Garber Wolverines will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pioneer-Pleasant Vale is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Okeene last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pioneer-Pleasant Vale was beaten by Okeene 66-16. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Whippets are ranked third).
Although Pioneer-Pleasant Vale took the loss, they still got scores from Gabe Umstead and Christian Morrow.
Meanwhile, Garber's undefeated season came to an end after four games last Friday. They took a 24-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Covington-Douglas. The loss was the Wolverines' first of the season.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Carson Bishop, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Brett Howry was another key signal caller, throwing for 179 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.1% of his passes.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Garber, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale beat Garber 44-36 in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Howry, who threw for 321 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 35 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pioneer-Pleasant Vale still be able to contain Howry? There's only one way to find out.
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