Football Recap: Greene County Wildcats vs. Poplarville Hornets
Greene County entered their tilt with Poplarville on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the Poplarville Hornets as they made off with a 49-28 victory. Considering the Wildcats have won five games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Greene County's win came down to the chemistry between Coby King and his top target Jase Mathews. King threw for 440 yards and six touchdowns while completing 81.1% of his passes while Mathews picked up 211 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Mathews is now averaging an impressive 108.6 receiving yards per game.
When it comes to explaining why Poplarville lost, don't look at Zack Case. Despite the final result, he rushed for 168 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Case a new career-high in rushing yards. Nick Miller was another key player, gaining 176 total yards and a touchdown.
Greene County pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Poplarville, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withQuitman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. They will need to watch out since Greene County has now posted at least 31 points in their last five matches. As for Poplarville, they will take on Mendenhall at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Poplarville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season.
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