The Sacred Heart Crusaders will venture away from home to square off against the East Marion Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sacred Heart has five straight victories, East Marion has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sacred Heart is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 55-43 win over Richton on Friday.
A big part of Sacred Heart's victory came down to the chemistry between Kyron Murphy and his top target Gary Duckworth. Murphy threw for 212 yards and five touchdowns while Duckworth picked up 127 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Duckworth's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 111 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sacred Heart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for East Marion's offense. They took a blow against Heidelberg on Friday, falling 56-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Oilers are ranked 65th).
Sacred Heart pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for East Marion, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Sacred Heart didn't have too much breathing room in their game against East Marion in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with an 18-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sacred Heart since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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