Football Preview: West Memphis Blue Devils vs. Marion Patriots
The West Memphis Blue Devils are taking a road trip to face off against the Marion Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Memphis will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
West Memphis is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Catholic on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Memphis was dealt a 41-13 loss at the hands of Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Rockets are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Marion hadn't done well against El Dorado recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Marion snuck past El Dorado with a 34-28 win. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Patriots were the better team in the second half.
West Memphis' defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Marion, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
West Memphis came up short against Marion when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 16-12. Thankfully for West Memphis, Ashton Gray (who rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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