Picayune is 4-0 against George County since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Picayune Maroon Tide will welcome the George County Rebels at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Picayune sitting on five straight wins and George County on three.
Last Friday, Picayune humbled Long Beach with a 49-7 victory. The match marked the Maroon Tide's most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask George County). They enjoyed a cozy 68-49 win over West Harrison on Friday.
Deuce Knight was his usual excellent self, throwing for 538 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.5 passing touchdowns per game. Brenn Moody was Knight's top target, picking up 220 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
George County wouldn't let West Harrison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. George County can thank Dimitrios Chelmis and Kohl Bradley for forcing both of them. Blaine Green was another major factor on D, making 15 total tackles.
Picayune's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for George County, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Picayune was able to grind out a solid win over George County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 34-21. Will Picayune repeat their success, or does George County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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