Sulphur Springs and Mt. Pleasant are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Sulphur Springs Wildcats will head out to square off against the Mt. Pleasant Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sulphur Springs has three straight wins, Mt. Pleasant has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Sulphur Springs didn't have too much trouble with Bullard at home as they won 21-7. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Panthers are ranked 491st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kaden Mitchell was a one-man wrecking crew for Sulphur Springs as he threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (93 yards to be exact) went to Jaxson Haire, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant came up short against Terrell on Friday and fell 30-23.
Sulphur Springs' victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Mt. Pleasant, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Sulphur Springs came up short against Mt. Pleasant when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 35-22. Thankfully for Sulphur Springs, Mason Mcminn (who threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns) 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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