The Fayetteville Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Marshall County Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Fayetteville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Cannon County with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 44-27.
Meanwhile, Marshall County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat White House 42-7 at home. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 33 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Tyler Thompson, who threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Thompson is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Aja Jones was Thompson's top target, picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Fayetteville's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Marshall County, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fayetteville was dealt a bruising 41-6 defeat at the hands of Marshall County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Fayetteville, Silas Teat (who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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