The Picayune Maroon Tide are taking a road trip to take on the Hattiesburg Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Picayune is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Hancock 52-20. The Maroon Tide have beaten the Hawks the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Hawks has come to flipping the script.
Mario Monson
| 11/21/25 vs Hancock | 7 |
| 11/14/25 vs George County | 8 |
| 11/06/25 vs Pearl River Central | 7 |
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Picayune's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Kylen Egana and Mario Monson, who racked up four sacks between them. Monson is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in each of the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Hattiesburg duked it out with Pascagoula on Friday. The Tigers strolled past the Panthers with points to spare, taking the game 35-20. The Tigers pushed the score to 35-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Hattiesburg's win came from a few key players Picayune will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Toney Scott Iii, who rushed for 114 yards and one score. Those 114 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Davion Young, who gained 83 total yards.
Hattiesburg didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Pascagoula to a completion percentage of just 47.1%. The Tigers hasn't an opponent to post a completion percentage of 0.53 or higher in three consecutive games.
Picayune's record is now 10-2. As for Hattiesburg, their record now sits at 11-2.
Picayune came up short against Hattiesburg in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, falling 39-35. Can the Maroon Tide avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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