The Heritage Academy Patriots will head out to face off against the Lamar Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Heritage Academy will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 24) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Leake Academy 34-32.
Meanwhile, Lamar came up short against Jackson Academy on Friday and fell 24-13. While losing is never fun, Lamar can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while Jackson Academy is ranked 37th).
Heritage Academy's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Lamar, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Heritage Academy lost to Lamar on the road by a decisive 35-17 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Heritage Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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