The Enterprise Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Choctawhatchee Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Enterprise sitting on three straight wins and Choctawhatchee on nine.
Enterprise is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Smiths Station: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Wildcats blew the Panthers out of the water with a 38-0 final score. That 38 point margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
Mason Burkhardt
| 10/24/25 @ Smiths Station | 205 |
| 08/23/24 @ Andalusia | 199 |
| 10/17/25 vs JAG | 181 |
| 09/20/24 @ Central | 177 |
| 11/01/24 vs Choctawhatchee | 153 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Enterprise to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Burkhardt, who threw for 205 yards and two TDs while completing 76.5% of his passes. Those 205 passing yards gave Burkhardt a new career-high. Cates Blackmon also helped out with an impressive 80 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Enterprise's defense and their three sacks. The team can thank three different players for their defensive prowess: Walker Turner, Gavin Whiteside, and Corey Means, who each picked up one sack apiece. Enterprise got some further help from Turner: he picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Choctawhatchee gave up the first points on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They breezed past Fort Walton Beach to the tune of 42-3. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 27-3.
A big part of Choctawhatchee's victory came down to the chemistry between Tamen Zabetakis and his top target Zion Legree. Zabetakis threw for 185 yards and three touchdowns while Legree picked up 93 receiving yards and a pair of scores. Legree got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 58 yards.
Choctawhatchee's record is now 9-0. As for Enterprise, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Enterprise couldn't quite finish off Choctawhatchee in their previous meeting back in November of 2024 and fell 17-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Indians' Von'Tavius Keller, who rushed for 169 yards and one TD. Now that the Wildcats know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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