The Fayetteville Tigers will stay at home for another week and welcome the Marshall County Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Fayetteville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Cannon County with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 44-27.
Meanwhile, Marshall County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat White House 42-7 at home. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won three matchups by 33 points or more so far this season.
Tyler Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punching in a rushing score. Thompson is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Aja Jones was Thompson's top target, picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Fayetteville's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Marshall County, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fayetteville was taken down by Marshall County 41-6 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Fayetteville, Silas Teat (who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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