On Friday West Jones will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Jackson Prep Patriots at 7:00 a.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (West Jones: 9.4, Jackson Prep: 7.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
While West Jones' victory against Poplarville wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. West Jones sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-7 win over Poplarville on Friday. The ten-point effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Jackson Prep put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 35-0 victory over Evangelical Christian. Considering the Patriots have won five contests by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jackson Prep's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Thomas Hewitt Oswalt, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Oswalt a new career-high in rushing yards. Billy Puckett was another key player, rushing for 37 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jackson Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 182 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
West Jones pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Jackson Prep, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
West Jones strolled past Jackson Prep in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Jones since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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