The Tupelo Christian Prep Eagles will welcome the Potts Camp Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tupelo Christian Prep will be strutting in after a victory while Potts Camp will be coming in after a loss.
If Tupelo Christian Prep beats Potts Camp with 41 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Eagles didn't even let Smithville on the board on Thursday, marking the Eagles' second-straight 41-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Sawyer Malone produced another solid performance rushing for 355 yards and three TDs while picking up 15.4 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 73-yard run. Micaiah Young was another major influence, as he rushed for 67 yards and ran in a TD.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Tupelo Christian Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Potts Camp came up short against Falkner on Thursday, falling 50-27. The Cardinals haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jeffrey Curry and Anthony Morgan. Morgan had a great game and rushed for 278 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Curry was balling out in the loss, rushing for 199 yards on only 13 carries.
The win made it two in a row for Tupelo Christian Prep and bumps their season record up to 6-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.0 points over those games. As for Potts Camp, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Friday's contest might be decided on the ground. Tupelo Christian Prep has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 197.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Potts Camp struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 225.6 rushing yards. There's a good chance Friday's matchup turns into a tough fight on the ground.
Everything came up roses for Tupelo Christian Prep against Potts Camp when the teams last played back in September of 2018, as the squad secured a 48-18 win. In that game, the Eagles amassed a halftime lead of 20-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
