The Northwest Rankin Cougars will challenge the Brandon Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Northwest Rankin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Oak Grove, who was ranked 20th at the time (Northwest Rankin was ranked seventh). The Cougars fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. Northwest Rankin have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brandon). Their defense stepped up to hand Meridian a 13-0 shutout on Tuesday. It was an even better day for JASE ELDRIDGE as he scored three goals for his team.
Brandon now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Northwest Rankin, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-2-1.
Northwest Rankin took their victory against Brandon when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 4-0 score. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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