Tupelo is 2-8 against Madison Central since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Tupelo Golden Wave will challenge the Madison Central Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Tupelo will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Tupelo is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Clinton, who was ranked fourth at the time (Tupelo was ranked fifth). While the 2-2 score might suggest a draw, it was Tupelo who was credited with the victory on Thursday. Tupelo got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Clinton's three. Two seems to be a good number for the Golden Wave as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
It was a proper cat-fight when Madison Central took on Northwest Rankin on Thursday. Madison Central and Northwest Rankin finished up their game with a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked the Jaguars' first draw of the season.
Tupelo's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those seven contests. Madison Central's draw gives them a new season record of 2-0-1.
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