Philadelphia and Kemper County are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Philadelphia Tornadoes will host the Kemper County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Philadelphia will be strutting in after a win while Kemper County will be coming in after a loss.
Philadelphia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Sebastopol on Friday as Philadelphia made off with a 68-45 victory. The Tornadoes pushed the score to 60-39 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bobcats had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Kemper County's undefeated season came to an end after six games on Friday. They took a 39-26 hit to the loss column at the hands of Noxubee County. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Wildcats, who until this contest were averaging 11.57 points allowed.
Kemper County might have lost, but man, Damarius Yates was a machine: he rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. Yates is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Kendetryon Backstrom was another key player, throwing for 152 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Kemper County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 220 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
The win made it two in a row for Philadelphia and bumps their season record up to 2-5. As for Kemper County, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Philadelphia might still be hurting after the 42-22 loss they got from Kemper County in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yates, who rushed for 290 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Philadelphia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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