Sumrall and Lawrence County are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Sumrall Bobcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Lawrence County Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sumrall will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 40-7, which was the final score in Sumrall's tilt against Hattiesburg on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Tigers are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lawrence County). They enjoyed a cozy 36-18 win over Tylertown on Friday. Lawrence County's victory was all the more impressive since the Chiefs were averaging only 14.25 points allowed on the season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lawrence County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 250.7.
Lawrence County wouldn't let Tylertown keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lawrence County can thank Lafreddrick Harris and Jeremiah Fortenberry for forcing both of them. Fortenberry also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15.
Sumrall's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lawrence County, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Sumrall ended up a good deal behind Lawrence County when the teams last played back in September of 2023, losing 53-37. Thankfully for Sumrall, Ahmad Hardy (who rushed for 400 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 25.0 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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