The Piedmont Wildcats beat the El Reno Indians 27-14 Friday night on the gridiron in the annual Canadian County battle.
Piedmont was coming off a victory over Midwest City in Class 6A. It was the Wildcats first game in 6A. El Reno opened their season with a 30-13 win over Chickasha.
Piedmont had a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Piedmont’s Carter Hainrihar had a 21-yard touchdown run on a pitchout to the left side from quarterback Grayson May. El Reno tied the game 7-7 on a rushing play in the second quarter from quarterback Elijah Fisher.
But another rushing TD from Piedmont’s Jayden Fuston made it 13-7 at the end of the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Piedmont’s defense remained tough for El Reno to move through. Then a 40-yard touchdown pass from Gray to Lane Whitworth and the extra point from Noah Ward put the Wildcats on top 20-7. Then El Reno scored with about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter to pull to 20-14. May ran around the right side of the El Reno defense to extend the score to 26 to 14 and the extra point put the Wildcats ahead 27-14 late in the fourth quarter.
Read the Piedmont-Surrey Gazette for full coverage of the game and to see more photos from the Friday night victory.
