The Forest Bearcats will challenge the Scott Central Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Forest sitting on four straight wins and Scott Central on three.
Forest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 52-14 victory over Northeast Lauderdale. Fans of the Bearcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
The critical scores for Forest came from Sean Allen and Jataveous Washington.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Forest's defense and their four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Latrell Pace and Tivaung Fulton, who racked up all four sacks between them. Another thorn in Northeast Lauderdale's side was Gregory Keeton, who made 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Scott Central sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 29-26 win over Leake Central on Friday.
Forest's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Scott Central, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
Forest skirted past Scott Central 10-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Forest repeat their success, or does Scott Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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