West Jones at Laurel ----Another intriguing game but not for who gets the W.

[watchyalips]

5 minutes ago, Merlin said:

Reynolds was a problem and needed to go before the 24 season. You dont do the things he was doing or saying to kids and keep your job. That’s all I’m saying about that, 

Didn't say he wasn't a problem, said there might have been a bigger problem than him. I can't recall a WJ defense giving up 56 before. Sounds like the mentality has gotten weak in Soso. 

[Merlin]

Wests offense was fine.  They moved the ball practically at will till they got inside the Laurel 30.  Then got mired in penalties.  Still scored enough.  It was the defense and defensive penalties that killed them.  

[Merlin]

1 minute ago, watchyalips said:

Didn't say he wasn't a problem, said there might have been a bigger problem than him. I can't recall a WJ defense giving up 56 before. Sounds like the mentality has gotten weak in Soso. 

season opener 2022 at Madison central. 

[watchyalips]

2 minutes ago, Merlin said:

season opener 2022 at Madison central. 

50 in season opener to MC in 2022, then only allowed 3 teams to score over 20 (no more than 28) the rest of the season. 

[Vott]

10 hours ago, Merlin said:

Did yall go up 35-14 with about a minute left till halftime. Only to watch the other team score 4 td’s of over 70 yards in what looked to be the exact same play every time, untouched, cause your defender on that side was afraid of contact. 

No. It was 20-7 at half. Lead 28 14 and 34 21. The Petal game is flushed for me. Its Little Brown Jug week now. I just hope losing the way HHS did wont carry over to next week. Laurel will be coming in riding high. 

[Vott]

12 hours ago, Merlin said:

West defense absolutely sucks.

 

They are no threat in 6A at all.   

 

the officials did give Laurel 2 2nd downs and 2 3rd downs with no flags or anything thrown  on drives that Laurel scored.  One would have stopped the drive. 
 

but wests defensive defense sucks balls.

 

Scott Pierson should have remained retired. . 

Once Region play starts West Jones Picayune and Hattiesburg will be fine. They are still some non region games that are either probable or possible losses for all of us.

[David44]

 

For the record, I never said West would blow out Laurel. I did say several times I thought the offense would be fine.

And it was, other than 1st game penalties. I also said I was anxious/concerned about the defense. And boy, was

that validated last night. They will have to move some guys up, sit some guys down, and possibly pull some from

offense. And some Nutcracker drills Tuesday wouldn't hurt either.

[BigFan100]

17 hours ago, Ghost of Howard Cosell said:

Wow.I just said on Wednesday post Laurel by 14

[Rawcones]

On 8/29/2026 at 10:33 AM, Vott said:

No. It was 20-7 at half. Lead 28 14 and 34 21. The Petal game is flushed for me. Its Little Brown Jug week now. I just hope losing the way HHS did wont carry over to next week. Laurel will be coming in riding high. 

As much as I want to flush the petal game I just can't. The coaching from hhs was atrocious. Lacey put way too much trust in his coordinators and it came back to bite us in the rear. It was some stuff going on with hhs that was questionable but nonetheless gotta give credit to Petal because they stayed the course.

[Vott]

53 minutes ago, Rawcones said:

As much as I want to flush the petal game I just can't. The coaching from hhs was atrocious. Lacey put way too much trust in his coordinators and it came back to bite us in the rear. It was some stuff going on with hhs that was questionable but nonetheless gotta give credit to Petal because they stayed the course.

We are gonna be fine. We can honestly say that the better team did not win.