Germantown has gone a perfect 3-0 against Murrah recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mavericks will welcome the Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Germantown will be strutting in after a victory while Murrah will be coming in after a defeat.
Germantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Clinton, who was ranked 25th at the time (Germantown was ranked seventh). The Mavericks took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 47-17 win over the Arrows. Considering the Mavericks have won four matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Nyrikius Johnson
| 10/31/25 @ Clinton | 190 |
| 10/17/25 @ Oxford | 93 |
| 10/10/25 vs Starkville | 72 |
| 09/05/25 vs Oak Grove | 67 |
| 09/12/25 @ Warren Central | 62 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Germantown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nyrikius Johnson, who rushed for 190 yards and two scores, and also picked up 34 receiving yards. Those 190 rushing yards gave Johnson a new career-high. Another passer making a difference was King White, who threw for 203 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Germantown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Murrah was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by Oxford 42-0.
Germantown is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 43.2 points over those games. As for Murrah, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Germantown took their win against Murrah when the teams last played back in September of 2022 by a conclusive 37-15 score. Will the Mavericks repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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