The Perry Central Bulldogs will head out to face off against the West Marion Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Perry Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Murrah on Friday. They took a hard 23-6 fall against the Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Mustangs are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, West Marion entered their tilt with St. Patrick on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 49-14 victory over the Fighting Irish on the road. The Trojans' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Perry Central now has a losing record at 3-4. As for West Marion, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Perry Central and West Marion were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Perry Central suffered an agonizing 35-34 loss. Can Perry Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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