Football Preview: Tupelo Golden Wave vs. Lewisburg Patriots
Tupelo is 3-0 against Lewisburg since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Tupelo Golden Wave will host the Lewisburg Patriots at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tupelo has ten straight victories, Lewisburg has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Tupelo is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Starkville, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Tupelo was ranked second). Tupelo strolled past Starkville with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 29-14.
Jaeden Hill continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 97 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 39 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Tupelo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 207 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, a win for Lewisburg just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 42-7 loss at the hands of DeSoto Central. The last quarter was a mere formality, since the game's final score was reached by the end of the third quarter.
Lewisburg's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Tupelo, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Everything came up roses for Tupelo against Lewisburg in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, as the squad secured a 42-0 win. Will Tupelo repeat their success, or does Lewisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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