Holmes County Central is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Neville. The Holmes County Central Jaguars were just a hair shy of victory and fell 34-33 to the Neville Tigers. One positive for the Jaguars, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Despite the loss, Holmes County Central still got an impressive performance from Garrison Davis, who threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Jartavious Smart also helped out as he racked up 109 receiving yards.
Even if they lost, Holmes County Central's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Leading the way was Cletyeis Dixon with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. Holmes County Central got some further help from Malachi Williams: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Jaylon Nichols was nothing short of spectacular for Neville: he rushed for 172 yards and two touchdowns. Those 172 rushing yards gave Nichols a new career-high. Parker Robinson was another key player, throwing for 145 yards and two touchdowns.
Holmes County Central's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-1. As for Neville, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Holmes County Central will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Murrah at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Both have allowed few points on average, (Murrah: 15, Holmes County Central: 13.5) so any points scored will be well earned. As for Neville, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 30-7 win vs. St. Thomas More on the 27th.
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