Football Preview: Bay Springs Bulldogs vs. Pisgah Dragons
The Bay Springs Bulldogs will square off against the Pisgah Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bay Springs is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down North Forrest 34-16. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Eagles are ranked 201st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pisgah). They breezed by Amite County to the tune of 51-20 on Friday. The Dragons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by 20 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pisgah to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jeremiah Guest, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Another player making a difference was Ethan Prater, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown.
The win was the fifth in a row for Pisgah, bringing their record for this year to 10-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25.8 points. As for Bay Springs, their victory bumped their record up to 9-3.
Everything went Bay Springs' way against Pisgah when the teams last played back in November of 2017, as Bay Springs made off with a 34-14 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Pisgah's Don Ragsdale, who rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Bay Springs to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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