Football Preview: South Panola Tigers vs. Clarksdale Wildcats
South Panola has gone 7-0 against Clarksdale recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The South Panola Tigers will square off against the Clarksdale Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. South Panola is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Friday, everything went South Panola's way against Southaven as South Panola made off with a 42-20 victory. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Chargers are ranked 83rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Panola can attribute much of their success to Tristan "Boss" Colenberg, who rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 61 yards. Marcus Christon also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, Clarksdale was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They managed a 26-20 win over Charleston. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
South Panola now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Clarksdale, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
South Panola strolled past Clarksdale in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Panola 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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