Football Preview: Calhoun City Wildcats vs. East Webster Wolverines
Calhoun City has won nine straight games at home (dating back to last season), while East Webster has won nine straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Calhoun City Wildcats will host the East Webster Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Calhoun City blew past Nettleton, posting a 40-7 victory at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Tigers are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Webster). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Baldwyn 55-6 at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Webster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
One reason for the win was East Webster's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Prentiss Cork was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Calhoun City's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for East Webster, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Calhoun City was able to grind out a solid win over East Webster in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 20-7. Will Calhoun City repeat their success, or does East Webster have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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