Porter's Chapel Academy has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Prairie View Academy Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Porter's Chapel Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Wilkinson County Christian Academy, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Porter's Chapel Academy was ranked 13th). Porter's Chapel Academy managed a 42-36 victory over Wilkinson County Christian Academy on Friday.
Meanwhile, Prairie View Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They breezed by the Cougars on the road to the tune of 55-12. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.
Peyton Robinson had a dynamite game for Prairie View Academy, rushing for 142 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Little, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Prairie View Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hillcrest Christian only rushed for 86.
Prairie View Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Mason Tullos.
Porter's Chapel Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Prairie View Academy, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Everything came up roses for Porter's Chapel Academy against Prairie View Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 42-13 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Little, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Porter's Chapel Academy still be able to contain Little? There's only one way to find out.
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