The South Jones Braves will head out on the road to challenge the West Jones Mustangs at 7:00 a.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, it was close, but South Jones sidestepped Pearl River Central for a 35-33 victory.
Meanwhile, West Jones had already won 15 in a row dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.1 points), and they went ahead and made it 16 on Friday. They blew past the Tigers 35-7 on the road. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked third, while the Tigers are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Jones' win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for West Jones, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
South Jones was dealt a bruising 38-0 loss at the hands of West Jones in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can South Jones avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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