The Mendenhall Tigers are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they face off against the McComb Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mendenhall's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Magee on Friday. They fell 8-0 to the Trojans.
Meanwhile, McComb didn't have quite enough to beat Natchez on Friday and fell 52-50. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (39), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
McComb's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Jaquan Lizana, who threw for 212 yards and four touchdowns, and Jarvis Anderson, who rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Mendenhall's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for McComb, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-1.
Mendenhall was taken down by McComb 56-13 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Mendenhall, Jamarcus Pittman (who threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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