The Forest Hill Patriots will head out to square off against the Hattiesburg Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Forest Hill has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Hattiesburg will arrive with six straight victories.
Last Friday, Forest Hill lost to Pearl River Central at home by a 35-20 margin.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hattiesburg). They blew past George County 48-21 at home last Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Rebels are ranked 60th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Forest Hill's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Hattiesburg, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Forest Hill took a serious blow against Hattiesburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 49-20. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Forest Hill was down 28-0.
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