The Newport Greyhounds are on the road again on Friday to play the Mansfield Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Newport is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past McGehee 54-18. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Greyhounds had established a 28 point advantage.
Kiandrea Barker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 235 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Tonio Phillips, who gained 123 total yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Mansfield won against West Fork last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Mansfield claimed a resounding 42-7 victory over Paris. The win was familiar territory for the Tigers who have now won eight games in a row.
Newport's victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Mansfield, their win bumped their record up to an identical 9-2.
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