Football Preview: Wayne County War Eagles vs. West Jones Mustangs
The Wayne County War Eagles will head out to take on the West Jones Mustangs at 9:00 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Wayne County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Greene County on the road by a 66-48 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (45), the War Eagles still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, West Jones put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against South Jones by a score of 28-21. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Braves are ranked 106th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wayne County's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for West Jones, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Wayne County was dealt a bruising 41-7 loss at the hands of West Jones in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wayne County was down 21-0.
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