The Pawnee Black Bears will challenge the Nowata Ironmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pawnee comes in on four and Nowata on three.
Pawnee's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They breezed by Quapaw at home to the tune of 68-0. The Black Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 36 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Nowata gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Morrison 22-20.
Treaver Emberson was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 83 yards. Those 83 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Asiah Saxton was Emberson's top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Nowata wouldn't let Morrison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Nowata can thank Tyler Flower and Saxton for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Morrison's side was Jerome Jackson, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Pawnee now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Nowata, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
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