Mercer County travels to Wayne County next Friday evening in what could be a possible playoff matchup in 4A.

 

Mercer County enters the contest 2-2 with wins over Bell County and Anderson County and losses to Central Hardin and Southwestern.

 

Wayne County enters the contest 3-1 with wins over North Laurel, Perry County Central and Bell County and a loss to Bryan Station.

 

They have one common opponent in Bell County.

 

Mercer County 48

Bell County 18

 

Wayne County 41

Bell County 15

 

These two teams met in Mercer County last year and Wayne County won 21-14.

 

Who wins this matchup and why? I think this matchup will have a rematch in the playoffs this year.

Wayne by 21

I'm looking forward to this game. I think Mercer County will have a great chance to win this game. Last year when Mercer County faced Wayne County is when you started to see things start to click for Mercer County and their season began to turn around. They lost last year 21-14 and had the ball late and was driving down the field but couldn't punch it in to tie the score.

 

Wayne County hasn't been tested since their first game of the year. Mercer County has been tested in every game but one. I saw some good things from Mercer County last night.

 

I'll take Mercer County in this game. I think they pull off the upset and make a statement. I think Mercer County made a mild statement last night.