The Starkville Yellowjackets and the Madison Central Jaguars will compete for holiday cheer at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Starkville will be strutting in after a victory while Madison Central will be coming in after a defeat.
Starkville will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Kosciusko on Tuesday. Starkville was the clear victor by a 6-2 margin over Kosciusko. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Yellowjackets' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Madison Central's game on Saturday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Tupelo by a score of 2-1.
Madison Central's loss dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Starkville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-2.
Starkville came up short against Madison Central in their previous matchup back in January, falling 2-0. Can Starkville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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