Horn Lake and DeSoto Central are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Horn Lake Eagles will look to defend their home field on Friday against the DeSoto Central Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Horn Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 39-21 victory over Lewisburg on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Demarkus Crain and he. Crain rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry while he rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance also gave Floyd Sinegal a new career-high in rushing yards (183). Braylon King did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 130 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, while DeSoto Central put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Hernando. DeSoto Central blew past Hernando 34-0. The contest marked the Jaguars' most dominant win of the season.
Jonathan Roberts and Eric Perry were among the main playmakers for DeSoto Central as the former rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Roberts' longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Lenden Fairley was another key back, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
DeSoto Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 459 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
Horn Lake's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for DeSoto Central, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Horn Lake lost to DeSoto Central at home by a decisive 29-12 margin in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Horn Lake have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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