Football Preview: Marksville Tigers vs. Vidalia Vikings
Marksville has gone 3-0 against Vidalia recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Marksville Tigers will take on the Vidalia Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Marksville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.6 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Marksville was able to grind out a solid win over Caldwell Parish, taking the game 34-26.
Marksville found their leader in underclassman Devin Lavalais, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marksville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Vidalia's offense. They had to suffer through a 60-0 loss at the hands of Jena. The Vikings have struggled against the Giants recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Marksville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Vidalia, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went Marksville's way against Vidalia in their previous meeting back in October of 2016, as Marksville made off with a 26-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marksville since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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