Football Game Preview: Pine Belt Spartans vs. Magnolia Wildcats

For the second week in a row, Pine Belt is taking on Magnolia. The Spartans will face off against the Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Belt has seven straight wins, Magnolia has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Pine Belt is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 62-6 victory over Magnolia. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won four contests by 22 points or more so far this season.

Samuel Smith

Rushing Yards

10/18/25 @ Magnolia	189
10/04/25 vs Meridian HomeSchool	230
09/20/25 @ Meridian HomeSchool	134
09/13/25 vs Varsity Opponent	106
09/06/25 @ SAHE	176
+ 3 more games

Samuel Smith had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 189 yards and five scores while picking up 11.8 yards per carry, and also throwing for 38 yards and one touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Pine Belt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.

Another reason for the win was Pine Belt's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Will Zender refused to say out of the backfield, picking up four sacks all by himself. Pine Belt got some further help from Zender: he picked up four sacks and made six total tackles.

Pine Belt's record now sits at 7-2. As for Magnolia, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.