Poplarville has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Greene County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Poplarville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Bay 49-7 on Friday. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Tigers are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nick Miller was his usual excellent self, rushing for 132 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Sydney Blackmon was another key player, rushing for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Poplarville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Lennox Beech, Cole Henry, and Trac Smith picked up one apiece. Another thorn in Bay's side was Ayden Harmon, who picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles.
Meanwhile, Greene County came tearing into Friday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Tigers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 54-19. Considering the Wildcats have won four contests by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Coby King continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 301 yards and six touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown. Javon Watts was King's top target, picking up 169 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Poplarville pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Greene County, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Poplarville and Greene County were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Poplarville suffered an agonizing 29-28 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of King, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 168 yards and a touchdown. Now that Poplarville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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