The Buena Vista Longhorns will challenge the Westbrook Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Buena Vista is headed into the contest with an undefeated record on the line, something Water Valley almost spoiled on Friday. Buena Vista sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 54-52 win over Water Valley. 54 seems to be a good number for the Longhorns as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Westbrook faced Rankin in a battle between two of the state's top teams two weeks ago. Westbrook simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Rankin 62-28 on the road. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Case Custer went supernova for Westbrook, rushing for 91 yards and four touchdowns. Another rusher making a difference was Grayson Jeffrey, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Westbrook wouldn't let Rankin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. It was a group effort, with five picking up one apiece.
Buena Vista pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Westbrook, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Buena Vista was dealt a bruising 68-24 defeat at the hands of Westbrook in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Buena Vista was down 30-8.
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