The Noxubee County Tigers will square off against the Louisville Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Noxubee County took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Shannon 40-7 at home. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Noxubee County relied on the efforts of Kamario Taylor, who threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and Ledareoun Mosley, who gained 135 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Mosley a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) went to Eric Duck.
Noxubee County's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Kendrick White was especially locked on to Shannon's QB and sacked him twice. Noxubee County got some further help from Bj Payton: he picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Noxubee County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Louisville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They pulled ahead with a 42-41 photo finish over Starkville.
The victory got Noxubee County back to even at 2-2. As for Louisville, their win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Noxubee County and Louisville were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but Noxubee County suffered an agonizing 7-6 loss. Can Noxubee County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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