The Grenada Chargers will square off against the Bartlett Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Grenada is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Clinton, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Grenada was ranked ninth). Grenada breezed by Clinton on the road to the tune of 55-22 on Friday. The Chargers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Bartlett took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 55-6 win over White Station. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The critical scores for Bartlett came from Isaiah Worles, Ethan Reese, and Reese.
Bartlett wouldn't let White Station keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bartlett can thank Chase Sutton and Austin Howard for forcing both of them.
The win (which was Grenada's third in a row) raised their record to 4-1. As for Bartlett, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Grenada couldn't quite finish off Bartlett in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 24-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bartlett's Geron Johnson, who rushed for 189 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Grenada knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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