The Tylertown Chiefs will face off against the Poplarville Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tylertown is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by St. Stanislaus at home to the tune of 50-21 on Friday. Considering the Chiefs have won three games by more than 28 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Poplarville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 21-19 victory over Pass Christian on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Poplarville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Sydney Blackmon, who threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Moss, who picked up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Poplarville's defense stepped up as well, laying out Paris Trivillion. four times. Sam Will was especially locked on to Pass Christian's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Pass Christian's side was Jobe Lambert, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The win got Tylertown back to even at 3-3. As for Poplarville, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Tylertown was dealt a bruising 45-12 defeat at the hands of Poplarville when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Poplarville's Tylan Keys, who rushed for 81 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that Tylertown 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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