Green Forest hasn't had much luck against Gentry recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Green Forest Tigers will face off against the Gentry Pioneers at 7:00 p.m.
It was a proper cat-fight when Green Forest duked it out withGravette on Friday. Green Forest took a blow against Gravette, falling 49-8. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 167th, while the Lions are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, Gentry was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They walked away with a 35-28 victory over Lincoln. The score was all tied up 8-8 at the break, but the Pioneers were the better team in the second half.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gentry was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Gentry wouldn't let Lincoln keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Gentry can thank Atreyu Banks and Christian James for forcing both of them. Gentry got some further help from Aidan Eller: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
Green Forest is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4. As for Gentry, their record now sits at 4-1.
Green Forest might still be hurting after the 48-28 loss they got from Gentry when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gentry's Caydon Koons, who rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Now that Green Forest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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