The Melrose Golden Wildcats will take on the Southwind Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Melrose is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Wooddale, posting a 40-0 win on the road. Given the Golden Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Cardinals are ranked 289th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while Southwind put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Kingsbury. Southwind took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 69-0 victory over Kingsbury. That looming 69-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Jaguars yet this season.
Southwind got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kelvin Perkins out in front who threw for 165 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 passes. Gary Greer was Perkins' top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Melrose now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Southwind, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Melrose took a serious blow against Southwind when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 34-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Perkins, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Melrose 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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