Richland and South Pike meet up on Friday this week after opposite experiences in their previous matchups. Richland has to be hurting after a devastating 52 - 25 defeat at the hands of Florence last game. As for South Pike, it didn't have too many spare points last week in its contest with McComb, but still walked away with a 18 - 14 win.
Richland's second-half bang in its game (19 points) was unfortunately just a flash in the pan after its slow start. The defeat came about despite the benefit of 142 receiving yards from junior Greg Knox. The loss brought Richland down to 2-5.
Meanwhile, South Pike's victory last week was the first back-to-back wins for the squad this season. Sophomore Dontavious Turner received significantly more touches last week than the game before, a strategy that paid off for South Pike since he ran for 80 yards and punched in one touchdown. The win got South Pike up to 4-3.
We'll see if South Pike can add another positive mark to its record or if Richland can shake its defeat and take the spring out of South Pike's step.
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