The Mooreville Troopers will challenge the Booneville Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mooreville has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Booneville will arrive with four straight wins.
Last Thursday, Mooreville was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 24-19 to Aberdeen.
Despite the loss, Mooreville saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Landyn Gulledge rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown. Those 81 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Gulledge.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Booneville). They simply couldn't be stopped two weeks ago as they easily beat Alcorn Central 39-7. With the Blue Devils ahead 25-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Booneville's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 26.3 points per game. As for Mooreville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Mooreville and Booneville were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in August of 2022, but Mooreville suffered an agonizing 30-29 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Booneville's Zion Nunn, who rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 102 receiving yards. Now that Mooreville 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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