Bulldogs stay unbeaten with road win at Sallisaw Collins rushes for 277 yards and four touchdowns

Muldrow outscored the Black Diamonds 21-0 in the third period of Friday’s non-district high school football game inside PerryF.LattimoreStadiumasthe unbeaten Bulldogs improved to 3-0 for the season with a 38-17 victory over the Black Diamonds. In their final non-district games of the season Friday night the Bulldogs visit Spiro and the Black Diamonds (0-2 overall) travel to Tahlequah.

“The kids played so hard, they played four quarters,” Muldrow head coach Brandon Ellis said. “I was proud of them that coming in at halftime I didn’t know how we were going to come out being tied up (10-all). We challenged them, all the coaches challenged them in there and they took it and ran with it.

“Itwasagreatwinforthetown, for the players, for the coaches, for the admin, and I guess there was some history behind hit. Anytime we can walk away with a win it’s great.”

Prior to last season’s 27-6 loss at Muldrow the Black Diamonds had won 23 of the 27 previous meetingsintherivalry(theteams didn’t play in 2016 and ’17), dating back to 1992. Muldrow won in 2015 and 1999 and before Friday night the Bulldogs had not won two straight games in the series since 1994 and ’95.