West Point has gone 7-1 against New Hope recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The West Point Green Wave will welcome the New Hope Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with West Point sitting on four straight victories and New Hope on seven.
Last Friday, West Point made easy work of Pontotoc and carried off a 34-14 win. The Green Wave pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, New Hope hadn't done well against Lafayette recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. New Hope blew past Lafayette, posting a 42-7 victory. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Commodores are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Hope pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.0 points per game. As for West Point, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
Everything came up roses for West Point against New Hope in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 56-0 win. Does West Point have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Hope turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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