South Pontotoc is 2-8 against North Pontotoc since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The South Pontotoc Cougars will stay at home for another week and welcome the North Pontotoc Vikings at 7:00 p.m.
South Pontotoc is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 39 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Tishomingo County on Friday. They lost to the Braves at home by a 21-7 margin.
Meanwhile, North Pontotoc strolled past Booneville with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 20-5.
Drew Winfun continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 167 yards and three touchdowns.
North Pontotoc wouldn't let Booneville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. North Pontotoc can thank Dre Villareal and Aden Harden for forcing both of them.
South Pontotoc now has a losing record at 2-3. As for North Pontotoc, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Things could have been worse for South Pontotoc, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 35-17 loss to North Pontotoc in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Winfun, who rushed for 165 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 155 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes. Now that South Pontotoc knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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