A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Calhoun City Wildcats challenge the Charleston Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Calhoun City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Eupora by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 38-0. The win was familiar territory for the Wildcats who have now won six contests in a row.
Calhoun City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Charleston came tearing into Friday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Bobcats to the tune of 56-20. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-6.
Calhoun City's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.0 points per game. As for Charleston, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Calhoun City came up short against Charleston when the teams last played back in November of 2022, falling 24-14. Can Calhoun City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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