The Winfield Pirates will challenge the Mars Hill Bible Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Winfield sitting on seven straight wins and Mars Hill Bible on 16 (dating back to last season).
Winfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Glencoe 39-0. The Pirates might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mars Hill Bible). They took their matchup on Thursday with ease, bagging a 70-14 victory over Whitesburg Christian Academy. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Winfield better keep an eye on Hudson Higgins. He was instrumental in Mars Hill Bible's win, rushing for 171 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Higgins is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in each of the last four games he's played. Jessie Parker was another major influence, as he rushed for 64 yards and ran in a TD.
Mars Hill Bible's run defense was locked in: Whitesburg Christian Academy could only muster 2.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Parker for the heroic effort on defense: he. Mars Hill Bible didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 17.8.
Winfield's record now sits at 9-2. As for Mars Hill Bible, their record is now 11-0.
Winfield lost to Mars Hill Bible on the road by a decisive 28-13 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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