David44

Laurel 14. Stone. 14. Half

Hattiesburg 7. Pascagoula 0. 1:42 1st Hattiesburg went on 4th an 1 a lost 5 yards QB run. Goula in the red zone

He is the 5th highest paid coach in the SEC right now. And the very moments that Florida and LSU jobs came open, His name was the absolute 1st one mentioned for both. If it was you, wouldn't that make you feel like you should at least be in the top 3? I think he stays and this is nothing more than him getting the money (and recognition...). Maybe not Kirby money because of the Natties, but certainly equal or above DeBoer and Sarkisian. Those 2 haven't won anything either as HCs.

2 good teams here, and both seem to be peaking at the end of the year. I think it will be a slugfest, very physical. And the winner gets Picayune. That's not a team you want to face if you got beat up some the week before.

It wasn’t that he kept the starters in. It was the obvious hurry up offense an repeated on side kicks. You don’t do that late 2nd half with a running clock. The whole point of the running clock is to get an already decided contest over.

maybe Hattiesburg a little, but I think its more so that people are just moving to the west Hattiesburg area. It has all the amenities, shopping, restaurants, etc. And also in search of better educations for their kids. Same thing that made the Petal School district explode. You would be surprised how many people that live in Petal and West Hattiesburg work in Laurel at Howard Industries too. They employ nearly 5000 people.

Yep, once Oak Grove filled up, Sumrall and Purvis following that same blueprint. And Columbia to some extent.

Looking at the Hancock yearly stats. My goodness, the QB Koenenn appears to be the whole offense. 1200 rushing and over 1900 yards passing. That's a lot for one player and over 10 games, he is averaging 300 per game total. Sounds like the West Jones defense should focus on stopping him.

NEJ 14. Wayne County 7. Final Laurel. 7. South Jones 3. Final Laurel doing Laurel, make a late push in a terrible 5A South, hosting a 1st round game. Laurel got focused an had 1 good 6 play drive starting 3rd QTR. that’s all it took.

Northeast Jones 14. Wayne County 7 3:12 4th Laurel 7 South Jones 3 3:00 4th

bunch of games here in Jones County area Thursday. South Jones @ Laurel Jim Hill @ West Jones Northeast Jones @ Wayne County

Of the 7 classes, I think Heidelberg in 2A and Columbia in 4A are the closest to being a sure thing right now.

football is a physical game, and Hattiesburg was way more physical Friday night. In the 1st qtr, #6 Holmes was absolutely destroyed returning a kickoff. Not sure why you have your star RB returning those, but he was not the same after that hit. As Merlin noted, West Jones coaches had no answer for Hattiesburg's blitzing either.

Hattiesburg 41. West Jones 20 final the better prepared team won, Keyes is good as advertised.

Long TD pass Keys Hattiesburg 41 20 start 4th

Hattiesburg 27 West Jones 6. Half Hattiesburg blitzing on defense every play. West didn’t have a plan for that. Maybe we thought that was illegal, it’s not.

On 2nd thought, no advantage for West Jones on special teams.

i don't think it's been that bad. Punter is above average for high school. FG kicker, although not great range, has been consistent. And we have blocked several punts and extra points this year, which is part of special teams.

The more I look at these 2 teams, amazing how similar they are. Both are 3 - 1 against common opponents, beating George County Laurel and Forest Hill, losing to Petal. Both pretty balanced offensively. Hattiesburg rushing for 1291yds 6.7 per carry. West Jones rushing for 1443yds 6.5 per carry. Hattiesburg passing for 1560yds 10.5 average. West Jones passing for 1748yds 11.6 average. Probably give Hattiesburg the edge on defense and maybe West Jones an edge on special teams. Should be a great game hopefully, and perhaps will come down to a few plays made by some of the star players.

Oh yeah, but still running it too. Holmes is well over 1000 yards rushing, and they finally let Tootie run some QB keeps vs. Terry. The passing game is on point. Terry front 7 was pretty decent, not sure how they compare to Hattiesburg's, but WJ will need to have some success rushing the ball to stay balanced and run clock. The more our defense and Hattiesburg's offense is on the sideline, the better it will go for us.

Well I did not have Brian Kelly as the next fired coach after Pittman an Napier an before Freeze. Total fail in the bayou.

South Jones @ Brookhaven is a huge game for 5A South this Friday. If Brookhaven wins, they will most likely run the table and have home field advantage thru South State. But South Jones controls their own destiny too. Win Friday, and then beat Natchez and Laurel and they will be #1 seed. South will have #5 Jackson back from suspension. 1st 6 games with him, they averaged 35 points per game. Last 2 without him, they scored 11 total. Laurel really has no hope for the #1 seed, unless North Pike or Natchez could beat Brookhaven later and they win out and beat South Jones.

For sure. I was scratching my head on why Terry went away from him to throw it some. Maybe he was just too tired after running thru 4 and 5 of our defenders so often. We did do a better job gang tackling him later in the game though.

That would seem to be the case. Maybe West can get thru Forest Hill next week without any more injuries. I know of one starter that will possibly be back next week. I don't think we lost anyone last night, the QB did tweak his ankle (again), but stayed out there. We need that ankle to be 100% on Halloween night 10/31.

Petal 27 Brandon 21 not surprised