Mount Pleasant is 1-8 against Robinson since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mount Pleasant Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Robinson Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Mount Pleasant sitting on five straight wins and Robinson on nine.
Mount Pleasant is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against North Stanly on Friday as Mount Pleasant made off with a 49-27 victory. Considering the Tigers have won four contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Robinson earned a 20-10 win over Northwest Cabarrus on Friday. The 20-point effort marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Robinson had a senior duo take command as Jon Bissonnette threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns and Dominic Testa picked up 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Bissonnette a new career-high in rushing yards (70). Robinson also got a significant boost from LJ Watson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 88 yards.
Mount Pleasant's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Robinson, their win bumped their record up to 9-0.
Mount Pleasant was taken down by Robinson 49-7 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Mount Pleasant, Na'Ledge Wright (who rushed for 240 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 15.0 yards per carry) 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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