Ocean Springs is 9-1 against St. Martin since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Ocean Springs Greyhounds will take on the St. Martin Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ocean Springs has four straight wins, St. Martin has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Ocean Springs is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Gulfport, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Ocean Springs was ranked 16th). Ocean Springs enjoyed a cozy 20-3 victory over Gulfport on Friday.
Sharroid Whitehead was his usual excellent self, rushing for 144 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only seven passes. Ocean Springs also got a significant boost from Will Smith, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 144 yards.
Meanwhile, St. Martin fell victim to D'Iberville and their airtight defense on Friday. They were beaten by the Warriors 49-0. Considering the last time the Yellow Jackets couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Ocean Springs is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.5 points per game. As for St. Martin, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything came up roses for Ocean Springs against St. Martin in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the team secured a 41-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ocean Springs since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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