Football Game Preview: Poplarville Hornets vs. Columbia Wildcats + Official Tickets

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Previous Games

10/30/25 - Away	28-49 L
11/15/24 - Neutral	21-20 W
11/24/23 - Neutral	21-28 L
10/21/22 - Away	20-18 W
11/26/21 - Away	7-12 L
+ 3 more games

Poplarville and Columbia are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Hornets will take on the Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Poplarville sitting on three straight wins and Columbia on 13.

Poplarville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 55-20 victory over McComb. With the Hornets ahead 35-12 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Tylan Keys continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 436 yards and seven scores while picking up 19.8 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards. Another back making a difference was Remy Naquin, who rushed for 79 yards and one TD.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Poplarville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 594 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Poplarville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Cole Henry, Lennox Beech, and Payton Hart picked up one apiece. Poplarville got some further help from Sam LeJeune: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Columbia against Pass Christian on Friday as the team secured a 41-6 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by 21 points or more this season.

Poplarville's record is now 8-4. As for Columbia, their record now sits at 13-0.

Poplarville suffered a grim 49-28 defeat to Columbia in their previous meeting back in October. Can the Hornets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.