The Southern Choctaw Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Millry Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southern Choctaw's defense has only allowed 9.1 points per game this season, so Millry's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Southern Choctaw is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 60 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Leroy on Friday. They lost to the Bears at home by a 28-12 margin. The matchup marked the Indians' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Although Southern Choctaw took the loss, they still got scores from Kyller Nicholson and Jamauri Dailey.
Even if they lost, Southern Choctaw's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Demarco Johnson was especially locked on to Leroy's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Millry faced off against Shields on Friday. The Wildcats claimed a resounding 42-6 victory over the Panthers. The Wildcats haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
A big part of Millry's victory came down to the chemistry between Caden Welford and his top target Jwuan Stewart. Welford threw for 168 yards and three touchdowns while Stewart picked up 77 receiving yards and one TD. Those 77 receiving yards gave Stewart a new career-high.
The win got Millry back to even at 4-4. As for Southern Choctaw, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Southern Choctaw was dealt a bruising 41-0 loss at the hands of Millry in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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