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The Northeast Lauderdale (Meridian, MS) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Kemper County (DeKalb, MS) by a score of 38-21.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kemper County	12	13	6	7	38
Northeast Lauderdale	7	0	6	8	21

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Game Stats

Kemper County (23-24)

Kemper County

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	15	24	229	.625	15.3	3	1		116.1
1	K. Backstrom (Jr)	15	24	229	.625	15.3	3	1		116.1

Kemper County

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	100+	TD
	Team Totals	28	254	9.1	2	2
1	K. Backstrom (Jr)	13	152	11.7	1
27	Damarius Yates (So)	15	102	6.8	1	2

Kemper County

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	11	204	18.5	3
6	S. Coleman (Sr)	2	65	32.5	1
8	Keyon Marshall (Jr)	7	90	12.9	1
27	Damarius Yates (So)	2	49	24.5	1

Kemper County

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	IR	Total
	Team Totals	254	204	90	548
1	K. Backstrom (Jr)	152			152
6	S. Coleman (Sr)		65		65
8	Keyon Marshall (Jr)		90		90
27	Damarius Yates (So)	102	49	90	241

Kemper County

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	254	229	204	483
1	K. Backstrom (Jr)	152	229		381
6	S. Coleman (Sr)			65	65
8	Keyon Marshall (Jr)			90	90
27	Damarius Yates (So)	102		49	151

Kemper County

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec
	Team Totals	1	90	90.0	2	1
12	Jeremiah Nave (Jr)				1
23	Keith Odom (Jr)					1
27	Damarius Yates (So)	1	90	90.0	1

Kemper County

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	6	36	2	38
6	S. Coleman (Sr)	1	6		6
8	Keyon Marshall (Jr)	1	6		6
27	Damarius Yates (So)	4	24		24
90	M. Holmes Jr. (Sr)			2	2

Kemper County

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0					2
90	M. Holmes Jr. (Sr)	2	2	1.0					2

Kemper County

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD IR	Total
	Team Totals	2	3	1	6
6	S. Coleman (Sr)		1		1
8	Keyon Marshall (Jr)		1		1
27	Damarius Yates (So)	2	1	1	4

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Northeast Lauderdale (23-24)

Northeast Lauderdale has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Football - Kemper County victorious over Northeast Lauderdale

September 22, 2023: Meridian, MS 39305

In Friday's non-league match, the visiting Kemper County Wildcats football squad scored a good 38-21 victory over the Northeast Lauderdale Trojans.

In their next game, the Wildcats clash with the McLaurin Tigers (Florence, MS) in a 3A Region 5 match, on Friday, September 29. Kemper County will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record. The Tigers enter the match with a 1-4 record after their 35-29 non-league loss to St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland, MS).

The Trojans (3-2) will now prepare for their match against Newton County (Decatur, MS). The Cougars enter the 4A Region 4 match with a 1-4 record. In their last match, Newton County was toppled by Kosciusko (Kosciusko, MS), 47-7, in a non-league match.

Check In
1st Quarter
12 - 7 The scorer has checked in. KCHS 12, NLHS 7

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1st Quarter
Attendance At least 1,000

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Field Conditions Dry

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Weather Conditions Fair

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KCHS 12, NLHS 7

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Kemper County @ NLHS Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 22, 2023 @ 7:30p

The Northeast Lauderdale (Meridian, MS) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Kemper County (DeKalb, MS) by a score of 38-21.

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Rankings & Records

Kemper County (23-24)

MS	Class
117	17

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-3	4-0	4-2	5-0	0-1	.750	1.000	461	290

Northeast Lauderdale (23-24)

MS	Class
170	29

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-6	2-2	3-2	2-4	.455	.500	249	243

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Kemper County	5.2	14.6	8.0	15.8	38.4
Northeast Lauderdale	4.7	0	2.0	5.0	22.6

Team Stat Comparison

Kemper County		Northeast Lauderdale
247.3	Rushing Yards Per Game	-
173.8	Passing Yards Per Game	-
169.5	Receiving Yards Per Game	-
421.1	Total Yards Per Game	-
7.3	Tackles Per Game	-
0.1	Sacks Per Game	-
38.0	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Kemper County		Northeast Lauderdale	National Avg.
#27 Damarius Yates112.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	-	20.6
#1 Kendetryon Backstrom172.6	Passing Yards Per Game	-	50.5
#8 Keyon Marshall75.6	Receiving Yards Per Game	-	17.5
#1 Kendetryon Backstrom276.6	Total Yards Per Game	-	36.9
#24 Devin Rush5.5	Tackles Per Game	-	2.7
#59 Nicholas Murray0.3	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2
#27 Damarius Yates17.8	Points Per Game	-	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Kemper County	1-0		Northeast Lauderdale	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/26/23	Southeast Lauderdale	Kemper County	(W) 52-12		9/8/23	Northeast Lauderdale	Southeast Lauderdale	(W) 20-6

Record Breakdown

Kemper County (23-24)		Northeast Lauderdale (23-24)
9-3	Overall	5-6
4-0	League	2-2
4-2	Non-League	3-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
4-2	Home	3-2
5-0	Away	2-4
0-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
9-3	In-State	5-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0