PURE Academy will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Pearl-Cohn Firebirds at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, PURE Academy had to suffer through a 57-6 loss at the hands of Terry. While losing is never fun, PURE Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 172nd in Tennessee, while Terry is ranked 49th in Mississippi).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Pearl-Cohn's strategy against Creek Wood on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pearl-Cohn blew Creek Wood out of the water with a 41-7 final score. The Firebirds pushed the score to 34-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Hawks had little chance of recovering from.
Javion Kinnard was a one-man wrecking crew for Pearl-Cohn as he rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Ladamion Hunter also helped out with an impressive 82 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pearl-Cohn was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
PURE Academy dropped their record down to 0-3 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Pearl-Cohn, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
PURE Academy was taken down by Pearl-Cohn 41-14 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for PURE Academy, Keshawn Tarleton (who threw for 226 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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