Football Preview: Poplar Bluff Mules vs. Farmington Knights
Two dominant signal callers in Jay Edmundson and Brett Drye are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Poplar Bluff Mules's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Farmington Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Poplar Bluff focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, Poplar Bluff was able to grind out a solid win over Hillsboro, taking the game 36-28.
Poplar Bluff wouldn't let Hillsboro keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Spencer Nunn, Bryce Dobbs, Dylan Hall, and Caden Jenkins picked up one apiece. Dobbs is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played. Poplar Bluff got some further help from Grant Wood: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Farmington never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Central last Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 42-28 victory over the Rebels.
Farmington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kaesen Mcclain led the charge by rushing for 96 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. Mcclain didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss). Josh Mccarthy also helped out as he racked up 144 rushing yards.
Poplar Bluff is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Farmington, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Poplar Bluff couldn't quite finish off Farmington in their previous matchup back in September and fell 36-33. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Drye, who rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that Poplar Bluff 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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