The Whitney Wildcats's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Little River Academy Bumblebees at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Whitney is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-13 victory over Rogers. With the Wildcats ahead 40-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Little River Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Salado 67-39. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (35), the Bumblebees still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Little River Academy got top-tier performance from Brian Grissom, who rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Grissom a new career-high in rushing yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Jayvion White, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Whitney's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Little River Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Whitney strolled past Little River Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2017 by a score of 36-17. Will Whitney repeat their success, or does Little River Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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