The Fayetteville Tigers will stay at home for another week and welcome the Marshall County Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Fayetteville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Cannon County with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 44-27.
Meanwhile, Marshall County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to White House for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-7 victory at home. Considering the Tigers have won three contests by more than 32 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Tyler Thompson, who threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Thompson is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least three every time he's taken the field this season. Aja Jones was Thompson's top target, picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Fayetteville's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Marshall County, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Fayetteville took a serious blow against Marshall County when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 41-6. Thankfully for Fayetteville, Silas Teat (who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% 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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