The West Monroe Rebels will challenge the Barbe Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
West Monroe is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past South Lafourche 49-21. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Tarpons are ranked 113th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Barbe had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 49-21 victory over the Falcons. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Buccaneers just coasted through the last quarter.
West Monroe better keep an eye on Jelandon Gray. He was instrumental in Barbe's win, rushing for 163 yards while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. Gray was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 55 yards.
Barbe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 471 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards every time they've taken the field this season.
West Monroe's win bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Barbe, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
West Monroe strolled past Barbe when the teams last played back in November of 2017 by a score of 31-17. Will the Rebels repeat their success, or do the Buccaneers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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