Deer Creek has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Bixby has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Deer Creek Antlers will take on the Bixby Spartans at 7:00 p.m. That match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Grady Adamson and Carson Kirby.
Deer Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oklahoma's top teams: Norman, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Deer Creek was ranked eighth). Deer Creek was outmatched by Norman on the road and fell 54-27. The defeat continues a trend for the Antlers in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Bixby humbled Mustang with a 64-35 victory. Considering the Spartans have won six matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Bixby's win came down to the chemistry between Kirby and his top target Blake Conner Hogshooter. Kirby threw for 350 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes while Conner Hogshooter picked up 187 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Conner Hogshooter really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Cord Nolan, who picked up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Bixby was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Bixby didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Braeden Presley and Emory Snyder.
Deer Creek's loss dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Bixby, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Deer Creek was taken down by Bixby 63-14 in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Thankfully for Deer Creek, Braylin Presley (who rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 33 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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