Football Preview: Warren Central Vikings vs. Germantown Mavericks
Warren Central is 5-0 against Germantown since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Warren Central Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Germantown Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Warren Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Pearl, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Warren Central was ranked 15th). Warren Central never let Pearl onto the board and left with a 21-0 win on Friday.
Eric Collins Jr. went supernova for Warren Central, rushing for 128 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Aden Greer also helped out as he racked up 115 rushing yards.
Warren Central's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of De'Kasei Crump and Landon Green. Warren Central got some further help from Tekarius Qualls: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, everything went Germantown's way against Canton on Friday as Germantown made off with a 31-6 victory. That's two games straight that the Mavericks have won by exactly 25 points.
The win got Warren Central back to even at 1-1. As for Germantown, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Warren Central strolled past Germantown in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Warren Central since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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