Calhoun City has won nine straight games at home (dating back to last season), while East Webster has won nine straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Calhoun City Wildcats will host the East Webster Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Calhoun City humbled Nettleton with a 40-7 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Tigers are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Webster). They claimed a resounding 55-6 win over Baldwyn at home. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Webster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to East Webster's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Prentiss Cork was the leader with three.
Calhoun City's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for East Webster, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Calhoun City was able to grind out a solid victory over East Webster when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 20-7. Will Calhoun City repeat their success, or does East Webster have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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