The East Central Hornets will challenge the Vancleave Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing isn't great for East Central: they have been struggling with four straight losses at home, while Vancleave has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
East Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a hard 35-21 fall against Gautier on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Gators are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, Vancleave beat Laurel 41-33 on Friday. With that win, the Bulldogs brought their scoring average up to 26.4 points per game.
Hunter Harper continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 115 yards and four touchdowns.
Vancleave was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Vancleave didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Martin Shaw and Trent Moore.
East Central's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Vancleave, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
East Central might still be hurting after the 27-7 loss they got from Vancleave in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harper, who rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Now that East Central 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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