Pulaski Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Madison-Ridgeland Academy. The Pulaski Academy Bruins were the clear victor by a 61-36 margin over the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Patriots. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.
Brandon Cobb had a dynamite game for Pulaski Academy, rushing for 205 yards on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 297 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Cobb a new career-high in rushing yards. Pulaski Academy also got help from Walden Culpepper, who showed off his sure hands for 87 receiving yards.
Pulaski Academy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jake Fuller and Kaleb Kelley. Pulaski Academy got some further help from Jackson Redman: he picked up two sacks and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pulaski Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Madison-Ridgeland Academy only rushed for 43.
Madison-Ridgeland Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Samuel Stockett, who threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns, and Case Thomas, who picked up 116 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pulaski Academy pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-1 record.
Pulaski Academy will challenge West Monroe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, they will face off against St. Joseph Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Madison-Ridgeland Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully St. Joseph Catholic likes a good challenge.
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