🗞️ Can Tigers Keep Pace With Long Striding Mustangs?

McCracken County 🐎 (5-2, 6A #10) | Putting points on the board hasn't been an issue; Trigger man Cole Presswood has guided the Mustangs to 43 ppg. It's the swiss cheese defense that keeps McCracken fans chewing their fingernails. They're allowing nearly 40 ppg.

Christian County 🐯 (2-5) | The newly consolidated Tigers aren't dipping their paws in the water… they dove in head first. The schedule has been highlighted by competitive losses to Cooper and Mayfield, as well as more heavy handed defeats to South Warren and Frederick Douglass.

The Tigers beat themselves Friday night in a district loss to Henderson. A pick 6, dropping a punt on their own 5, a late 4th quarter roughing the punter penalty up 33-30 that turned 4th & 19 into 1st & 10 that led to the go ahead score and still had a chance to win late in a game where they had to start their backup qb says the Tigers are dangerous.

McCracken County should be the favorite in this game and rightfully so. Their offense is almost unstoppable and they have weapons all over the place for their young QB. Matchem is a nightmare to defend but the Mustangs do have other offensive weapons that you have to account for as well.

If the Tigers can limit costly mistakes (penalties, turnovers) that have plagued them in their close losses they could keep this competitive but I think the Mustangs will prove to be too much.