Football Preview: Melrose Golden Wildcats vs. Southwind Jaguars
The Melrose Golden Wildcats will challenge the Southwind Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Melrose is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Wooddale, posting a 40-0 victory on the road. Given the Golden Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Cardinals are ranked 290th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Southwind got themselves on the board against Kingsbury on Thursday, but Kingsbury never followed suit. They breezed by the Falcons on the road to the tune of 69-0. That looming 69-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Jaguars yet this season.
Southwind's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kelvin Perkins, who threw for 165 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 passes. Gary Greer was Perkins' top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Melrose now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Southwind, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Melrose was dealt a bruising 34-6 loss at the hands of Southwind in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Perkins, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Melrose knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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