Pirates experience first loss of season
Lawton started the game running away from Putnam City defensive end and Oklahoma commit Ron Tatum.
Then Miles Davis proceeded to run every which way. And it worked.
Throw in a few costly turnovers from Putnam City, and it was an ideal recipe cooked up for the Wolverines to hand the Pirates their first loss of the season.
Lawton’s star running back ran 40 times for 217 yards and four scores, as Putnam City dropped a 27-21 district 1-6A-II loss Friday night at Putnam City Stadium.
“Very admirable,” Putnam City coach Preston Pearson said of Davis’ effort. “We know what they were going to do. They knew what we were going to do, and they played better than we played.”
Davis was the unquestioned workhorse, but three consecutive third-quarter turnovers doomed Putnam City (4-1, 1-1), which came in with a plus-14 turnover margin.
Quarterback AJ Newsome tossed two interceptions, and wide receiver Jawaun Bell, who caught a first-half TD, coughed up a fumble in a span of 11 plays.
Davis, who scored twice in the first half, juked his way to a 4-yard run just two plays after the interception to break up a 14-14 halftime tussle.
“That was the difference. We made some bad reads, some bad decisions with the ball,” Pearson said.
Putnam City added a late 20-yard touchdown by Eric Butler but couldn’t come up with the onside kick.
Wide receiver Keair Wilkins, who scored four touchdowns in the season opener against Bixby, had five catches for 88 yards, but just one came in the
second half as the Pirates’ offense sputtered.
Putnam City’s run game was non-existent in the second half, too. Damon Jemison managed minus-6 yards on three carries after toting it 18 times for 92 yards in the first half.