The Horn Lake Eagles will stay at home for another week and welcome the Starkville Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Horn Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.7 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Horn Lake beat Southaven 35-27.
It was another big night for Demarkus Crain, who rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 149 rushing yards. Horn Lake also got help from Lance Mcgowen, who showed off his sure hands for 91 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Horn Lake's defense and their four sacks. Jayden Collier was especially locked on to Southaven's QB and sacked him twice. Sabin Williams was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Starkville faced Tupelo in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Starkville lost to Tupelo at home by a 29-14 margin. It was the first time this season that the Yellowjackets let down their fans at home.
Horn Lake pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.5 points per game. As for Starkville, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4.
Horn Lake was dealt a bruising 35-2 loss at the hands of Starkville in their previous matchup back in November of 2019. Thankfully for Horn Lake, Luke Altmyer (who threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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