Football Preview: Crestview Knights vs. McComb Panthers
Crestview is 0-3 against McComb since November of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Crestview Knights will look to defend their home field against the McComb Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Crestview is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Friday. They really took it to Parkway for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-7 victory at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-7.
Braxton Leeth had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 168 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 39 receiving yards. Another rusher making a difference was Zayden Martin, who rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown.
Martin wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, McComb earned a 20-13 win over KIPP Columbus on Friday.
Crestview was dealt a bruising 55-13 defeat at the hands of McComb in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Crestview was down 33-13.
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