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From what I am told, Gautier "should" be much improved. Defensively, they bring back almost everything. On Offense, they have their Quarterback, 2 Wide Receivers, leading Running Back and 2-3 Offensive Linemen coming back. 4 of their 7 losses last season were by a combined 11 points. Their 3 region losses were by 8 combined points. Long Beach is moving back to the veer from what I was told during the spring. They did lose some quality players from this past season's team, but their Quarterback I believe is back and he was pretty shifty. So him in the veer could be pretty tough.

Which would mean you had a hell of a favorable schedule last season.

We only had 4 home games last year as well. One year you'll travel a bunch and the next you'll have a good bit at home. Two years ago we had double digit (10) home games. That'll get you spoiled real quick LOL.

That's terrible, first 3 on the road and only 4 home games.

Meridian Wildcats 2026 Football 8/21 @ Louisville (Jamboree) 8/27 @ Ocean Springs (Thursday) 9/4 @ Neshoba Central 9/11 @ Starkville 9/18 vs. Columbus 9/25 vs. Hattiesburg 10/9 @ Pearl 10/16 @ Oak Grove 10/23 vs. Northwest Rankin 10/30 @ Petal 11/5 vs. Brandon (Thursday)

Game 3 winner take all tomorrow.

It’s on the Hudl fan app. I’ll try to get it posted later.

As bad as Long Beach has been, they’ve been in 6A the whole time since we went to 7 classifications. I’m not saying they would be favored against Gautier during the first week of region play, but they shouldn’t be as shell shocked as what Gautier was last year. Long Beach knows what to expect in 6A and they know they’ve got to play up and steal a district win if they want to stop the region play losing streak. I’d like to think Long Beach would have the numbers depth wise to counter a team like Gautier. They just need the motivation and the will to get a district win. They need to fight, dig deep and overcome the obstacles they face in a game while the game is still going on. If Long Beach can do that against Gautier, they’ll get their first district win since 2018 against West Harrison.

They sure talked a lot of noise till bout week 3 last year.

can someone post Meridian Schedule

That’s a good question. I know that 6A hasn’t been kind to them, so if Long Beach wanted to stop that long region losing skid, that Gautier matchup would be a prime opportunity for them.

They missed the playoffs last yr in 6a after being the class 5a runner up the year before

Gautier down this year?