Football Preview: Poplarville Hornets vs. McComb Tigers
The Poplarville Hornets will challenge the McComb Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Poplarville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season.
Poplarville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Columbia 21-20. That's two games straight that the Hornets have won by just one point.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Poplarville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tylan Keys, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Keys has posted since back in November of 2023.
Poplarville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 221 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, McComb came tearing into Friday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 42-9 victory over the Tigers. The result was nothing new for McComb, who have now won five matches by 33 points or more so far this season.
McComb pushed their record up to 6-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.8 points per game. As for Poplarville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Poplarville won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, slipping by McComb 21-20. Will Poplarville repeat their success, or does McComb have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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