Calhoun City is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while East Webster is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Calhoun City Wildcats will host the East Webster Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Calhoun City at home against Nettleton as the team secured a 40-7 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Tigers are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Webster). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Baldwyn 55-6 at home. With the Wolverines ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Webster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
East Webster's defense made their presence known, laying out Dy'Lan Johnson. four times. Baldwyn's QB won't forget Prentiss Cork anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Calhoun City's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for East Webster, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Calhoun City beat East Webster 20-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Does Calhoun City have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Webster turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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