Football Preview: Obion County Rebels vs. Melrose Golden Wildcats
The Obion County Rebels will challenge the Melrose Golden Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Obion County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Craigmont 36-6 last Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rebels considering their six-point performance the game before.
Tucker Moore continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 234 yards and three touchdowns. Those 234 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tucker Phelon, who rushed for 27 yards and a touchdown.
Obion County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 111.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 130.8.
Obion County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Bryson Underwood and Jatlynn Mosley.
Meanwhile, Melrose came tearing into last Thursday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 41-6 victory over the Trojans. The result was nothing new for the Golden Wildcats, who have now won six matchups by 22 points or more so far this season.
Melrose has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 3.5 points per game. As for Obion County, their record now sits at 3-7.
Obion County took a serious blow against Melrose in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 49-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Melrose's Rhyan Brown, who rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that Obion County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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