Stewart County and Houston County are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2014, but not for long. The Stewart County Rebels will stay at home for another week and welcome the Houston County Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Stewart County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were dealt a 44-15 defeat at the hands of Perry County on Friday.
Meanwhile, Houston County entered their tilt with West Carroll on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the War Eagles as they made off with a 34-14 win. Considering the Fighting Irish have won three games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Preston Mitchell was a one-man wrecking crew for Houston County as he rushed for 232 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Mitchell a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Malaki Cary, who gained 126 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Houston County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Stewart County's loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Houston County, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Stewart County was dealt a bruising 49-0 defeat at the hands of Houston County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Stewart County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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