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West played a 9th grade qb for 3 quarters. He was moved up to the team after jr high season ended a couple weeks ago. Something going on around the Hattiesburg locker room after game. Some fans trying to fight a coach is rumor.

West is done. They will be 1 and done in playoffs. Best Wr hurt early against Laurel missed this game might be back for Wayne County. One of 2 RB that mostly split carry duties hurt vs Laurel it’s season ending. Multiple others out this game that may be back next week. Starting QB hurt early this game looks to be sprained shoulder on throwing arm. He’s out the game. Maybe next week. May even miss playoffs. Starting LB just hurt actually looks to be broken arm. And all this after best returning player tore ACL in summer camp and missed the season.

And now west qb is hurt on the bench with shirt off.

West is in trouble. Injuries and last weeks loss took wind out of sails. West will be 1 and done in playoffs.

West Jones has been hit with the injury bug and will be without multiple starters. Including best rb and wr.

Picayune at 1 and no one else even matters at this point. They may be 14 points at minimum better than the rest of 5A

Florence is all but Eliminated from playoffs now. They lost to Wayne county and west jones. right now if either one doesn’t win again they would tie with florence and both have tie breaker. Their only hope now is that Hattiesburg and Wayne beat laurel and I don’t see Wayne county doing so at this point.

West jones played like ass. From the get go laurel took the field amped. WJ went through the motions. WJ turned the ball over 6 times. 1 a pick-6, 2 others were in Wj territory. The last was in the endzone to end the game when laurel db out jumped a Wj receiver. Laurel had 0 turnovers. This was the 3rd time I have seen Laurel this year and it was the first time their o line (with its 2 future d1 players) actually blocked anyone. Wests qb was scrambling as soon as he got the ball regardless if there was pressure or not. Threw everything on the run. Laurel flat out out-played WJ. They wanted it more. And WJ gave it to them.

Jones County having too many schools?? No way. West Jones is bursting at the seams. South Jones not all that far behind them. It’s more likely they would tell-do the lines to send kids out of those two to Northeast Jones to equalize the numbers than ever consolidate them.

Petal, is Petal. That is to say that it does not matter if they are in 5A , 6A, or 7A. They will struggle way more often than not. Back when there were still only 5 classes they spent a few years in 4A region 5 with west jones, Laurel and Wayne county. And they crushed more often than not. if Marcus Boyles couldn’t win state the years he was there I would not put much faith in anyone else doing it.

physically big on d line. But not so muscular. Seem slow. Rest of defense looks small but that’s because the line is big. Most of what I saw of them in 2 games they do not tackle well. Mostly ram tackle. Rarely will 1 guy bring down someone alone. They at times appear to have no clue what play they are running. Safety is a ball hawk. offense, huge o line. 2 guys that can block anyone. The rest not so much. The qb wants to run first. Rarely sets feet when he throws. Most of the passes are thrown in a direction while hoping a wr makes a play on it. Wr’s are fast with some height. Rb is tough. They seem to get most success running behind those 2 big o linemen. But they tend to want to run around the ends more than what they can do the best which is run between tackles.

I would love nothing more than to see Laurel miss the playoffs. WJ @ Laurel this week then hosts both Hattiesburg and Wayne county.

Hattiesburg 27 Brookhaven 8. may be final. wayne county 33 Natchez 12 final.

West jones 34 Florence 7 final

Wayne county 18 natchez 12

Natchez 12 wayne county 10 8:30 left in 3rd

West jones 34 Florence 7 in 3rd

Laurel I feel like has yet tobpkaybtobyheor ability. Last year they looked very so-so till the west jones game then they got hit through to south state. They gave the ability yo do it again. The question is, will they? if WJ lays the wood to them in a couple weeks (and Wj players and coaches have the one circled multiple times after last years playoff loss) they are done. They will lsu down the last couple games.

West jones has florence, Laurel, Hattiesburg, Wayne county in that order. I think only laurel is an away game.

Laurel can not throw the ball. 2 games niw I watched and he just chunks it and they rely on the receivers to make a play. The vast majority of the time the throes are no where near catchable. They very much miss that qb from last year. overall they look small at skill positions. Could just be the massive lines they have on both sides of the ball throwing off the image. They do not wrap up on tackles. They didn’t really have success moving the ball till late when Brookhaven was tired. And they don’t seem well coached. Im 100% in agreement with slicks comments about them earlier in the year. We are about to see them slide into mediocrity for a bit. And the school administration has a lot of blame for it.

Laurel edged Brookhaven 7-6 in a game of teams who seemed to want to let the other team win. Brookhaven went for 2 point try and failed was the difference. I bet both teams had 20 penalties. Just an ugly game. And laurel seems to be getting worse every week. They get a cakewalk the next 2 weeks (Natchez then south jones) before hosting west jones. And if they don’t straighten that ship by then WJ will embarrass them.

Very much so it seems.

Laurel beats Brookhaven 7-6 in one of the worst football games I have ever watched x

West jones 41 Natchez 7 start of 4th Laurel 7 Brookhaven 6 4 minutes left in the game.

Laurel and Brookhaven tied at 0 at the half. West Jones 17 Natchez 7 about 5 minutes till half.