Chipley has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Holmes County has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Chipley Tigers will welcome the Holmes County Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Chipley's defense has only allowed 9.6 points per game this season, so Holmes County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Chipley is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Jay just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 23-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Royals. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Holmes County won against Rutherford two weeks ago with 34 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Holmes County came out on top against Northview by a score of 34-27.
Holmes County got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Colby Powell out in front who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Powell a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Bowden Bailey, who rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Holmes County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Chipley fell to 4-1. As for Holmes County, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-1.
Chipley lost to Holmes County at home by a decisive 26-7 margin in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Chipley, Landon Lumpkin (who rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 39 receiving 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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