The Louisville Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Greenwood Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Louisville is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Louisville faced off against Mendenhall on Friday. Louisville walked away with a 28-20 win over Mendenhall. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Tigers are ranked 77th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greenwood). They came out on top against Caledonia by a score of 34-21 on Friday. With that victory, the Bulldogs brought their scoring average up to 26.5 points per game.
Juwaun Gideon continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 161 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, while also throwing for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Greenwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 213 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Louisville's record now sits at 8-1. As for Greenwood, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-3 record.
Everything came up roses for Louisville against Greenwood in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 58-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Louisville 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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