Ripley won the last time they faced St. Benedict at Auburndale, and things went their way on Friday too. The Ripley Tigers put the hurt on the St. Benedict at Auburndale Eagles with a sharp 28-6 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
The critical scores for Ripley came from Austin Thompson Iii, Sammie Smith, Mahki Maben, and Jaqarrius Hurdle.
Ripley's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Johnathan Holcomb was especially locked on to St. Benedict at Auburndale's QB and sacked him three times. Holcomb is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least seven every time he's taken the field this season. Jamari Jarrett was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Ripley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for St. Benedict at Auburndale, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.
Ripley will face off against Covington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Covington will roll in looking for their ninth straight win, something Ripley surely won't give up without a fight. As for St. Benedict at Auburndale, they will take on University School of Jackson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. University School of Jackson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season.
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