Watonga is on an eight-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Merritt an eight-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Watonga Eagles will welcome the Merritt Oilers at 7:00 p.m. Neither Watonga nor Merritt posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Watonga's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Hooker on Friday. They were dealt a 53-0 defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 40th).
Watonga didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ivan Carmona and Chris Garcia.
Meanwhile, a victory for Merritt just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Crescent, falling 45-8. The Oilers were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Watonga's record now sits at 0-9. As for Merritt, their record is now 1-8.
Watonga and Merritt were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, but Watonga suffered an agonizing 22-21 loss. Can Watonga avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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