Poplar Bluff and Farmington are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Poplar Bluff Mules will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Farmington Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Poplar Bluff will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 28-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Chaminade on Friday. Poplar Bluff sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 14-12 win over Chaminade.
The critical scores for Poplar Bluff came from Devin Ferguson and Jay Edmundson.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Farmington, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They came out on top against St. Clair by a score of 28-20 on Friday.
Poplar Bluff pushed their record up to 1-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Farmington, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Poplar Bluff came up short against Farmington in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 28-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Farmington's Kaesen Mcclain, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown. Now that Poplar Bluff 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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