The Jackson Academy Raiders will challenge the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Jackson Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Jackson Prep, who was ranked 14th at the time (Jackson Academy was ranked 15th). Jackson Academy came up short against Jackson Prep on Tuesday, falling 55-35. The Raiders' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Madison-Ridgeland Academy came tearing into Friday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 43-34 win over the Bobcats. 43 seems to be a good number for the Patriots as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Jackson Academy's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-5. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, they pushed their record up to 24-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Jackson Academy might still be hurting after the 47-26 defeat they got from Madison-Ridgeland Academy when the teams last played on January 14th. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Jackson Academy was down 32-8.
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