Guthrie High tuned up for the Class 5A football playoffs by posting a 43-0 rout of Shawnee (0-10) in the regularseason final. The Bluejays (8-2) now travel to Elgin (8-2) for the first round of the playoffs at 7 p.m. Friday. Elgin lost to Midwest City 23-21 last week with 11 seconds to go to fall to second place in its district. Elgin’s other loss was to Noble, which lost to Lawton MacArthur 59-54 Friday night and missed the playoffs.
“Elgin is a run-first team, with a quarterback that likes play-action, Guthrie head coach Kelly Beeby said. “They are a well-coached team in their first year in Class 5A, up from Class 4A. They are an upstart team and young. They play a 3-4 base defense and they beat Lawton Mac earlier in the district season.”
In the Shawnee game last week, the Bluejays took a 14-0 first-quarter lead on Jaylen Harper’s 2-yard run and Isaiah Hammons’ 1-yard run. Noah French kicked both extra points.
Harper and Hammons each scored their second touchdowns in the third quarter to make it 36-0.
Guthrie ran the ball 51 times for 284 yards and had only 33 yards passing. Shawnee had 29 yards total offense (3 rushing yards).
Playoff tickets can be bought online for $7 at OSSA.com.
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