Football Preview: Montgomery Central Indians vs. Marshall County Tigers
The Montgomery Central Indians will play host again on Friday to welcome the Marshall County Tigers, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m.
Montgomery Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 35-21 bruising from Fairview on Friday.
Despite the defeat, Montgomery Central got top-tier performance from William Miranda, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Montgomery Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Marshall County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 35-13 margin over Creek Wood. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 22 points or more this season.
Tyler Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 224 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Thompson is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Aja Jones was Thompson's top target, picking up 63 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Marshall County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Reid Mitchell and Marcus O'Neal.
Montgomery Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Marshall County, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Montgomery Central took a serious blow against Marshall County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 58-6. Thankfully for Montgomery Central, Silas Teat (who threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) 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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