The Vancleave Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the East Central Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Vancleave is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.4 points per game this season.
Vancleave is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 41-33 win over Laurel on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Hunter Harper was his usual excellent self, rushing for 115 yards and four touchdowns.
Vancleave was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Vancleave didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Martin Shaw and Trent Moore.
Meanwhile, East Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. The match between them and Gautier wasn't particularly close, with East Central falling 35-21. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Gators are ranked 33rd).
Vancleave is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for East Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Vancleave's way against East Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Vancleave made off with a 27-7 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vancleave since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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