The Mount Pleasant Green Knights will square off against the Howard Wildcats at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mount Pleasant has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Howard will arrive with five straight wins.
Mount Pleasant is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Wilmington Friends on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mount Pleasant lost 38-13 to Wilmington Friends.
Meanwhile, Howard faced Archmere Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Howard beat Archmere Academy by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 38-0. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won four matchups by 34 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Howard to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jameson Bryant, who threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. Isaiah Ferrell was Bryant's top target, picking up 59 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Howard didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Miesh Echecavarria and Jayden Jones. Howard got some further help from Levi Madison: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Howard was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Mount Pleasant's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4. As for Howard, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
Mount Pleasant might still be hurting after the 48-27 defeat they got from Howard when the teams last played back in November of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mount Pleasant was down 30-7.
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