The Noxapater Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Eupora Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eupora took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Noxapater, who comes in off a win.
Noxapater will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Okolona on Friday. Noxapater breezed by Okolona at home to the tune of 56-6. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Tigers had established a 43 point advantage.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Demarkus Mccully and he. Mccully rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown while he rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Noxapater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 514 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Eupora entered their matchup against Water Valley on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Eupora fell just short of Water Valley by a score of 48-46. The Eagles have struggled against the Blue Devils recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The victory got Noxapater back to even at 2-2. As for Eupora, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 2-2.
Noxapater suffered a grim 38-14 defeat to Eupora in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eupora's Peyton Perkins, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 61 yards and a touchdown. Now that Noxapater 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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