The Fayetteville Tigers will play host again on Friday to welcome the Marshall County Tigers, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Fayetteville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Cannon County 44-27 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Marshall County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over White House. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 33 points or more this season.
Tyler Thompson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punching in a rushing score. Thompson is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Aja Jones was Thompson's top target, picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Fayetteville's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Marshall County, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Fayetteville was dealt a bruising 41-6 loss at the hands of Marshall County in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Fayetteville, Silas Teat (who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes) 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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