The Madison Central Jaguars will venture away from home to square off against the Warren Central Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Madison Central will be strutting in after a win while Warren Central will be coming in after a loss.
Madison Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Northwest Rankin, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Madison Central was ranked third). Everything went Madison Central's way against Northwest Rankin on Friday as Madison Central made off with a 28-3 victory. The match marked the Jaguars' most dominant win of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Warren Central was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 29-28 to Brandon. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Warren Central might have lost, but man, Aden Greer was a machine: he rushed for 82 yards and three touchdowns.
Warren Central'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 De'Kasei Crump and Rickey Neal Jr. Crump also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11. Warren Central got some further help from Larry Reynolds: he picked up two sacks, made ten total tackles (6.0 for loss), and made ten total tackles (6.0 for loss).
The victory made it two in a row for Madison Central and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Warren Central, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-2.
Madison Central couldn't quite finish off Warren Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 24-21. Can Madison Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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