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| 11/21/25 - Away | 55-20 W |
| 10/03/25 - Away | 34-35 L |
| 11/22/24 - Neutral | 42-21 W |
| 11/06/15 - Neutral | 21-20 W |
With a playoff win on the line, Poplarville rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the McComb Tigers 55-20. Considering the Hornets have won five matchups by more than 28 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Tylan Keys had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 436 yards and seven TDs while picking up 19.8 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards. Another back making a difference was Remy Naquin, who rushed for 79 yards and one score.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Poplarville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 594 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Poplarville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Cole Henry, Lennox Beech, and Payton Hart picked up one apiece. Poplarville got some further help from Sam LeJeune: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The victory was the third in a row for Poplarville, bringing their record up to 8-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.0 points over those games. As for McComb, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-2.
Coming up, Poplarville will head out on the road to challenge Columbia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. McComb does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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