Football Game Preview: Carlisle Bison vs. Mount Ida Lions + Official Tickets

The Carlisle Bison will challenge the Mount Ida Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Carlisle sitting on five straight wins and Mount Ida on ten.

Carlisle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-6 victory over Spring Hill. The Bison might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Mount Ida took on McCrory on Friday. The Lions blew past the Jaguars 45-8. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Jaguars are ranked 140th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Mount Ida's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Carlisle, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 10-1.

Carlisle didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Mount Ida in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, but they still walked away with a 25-20 win. Will the Bison repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.