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The Columbia Wildcats’ undefeated season came to a screeching halt Friday night in the south state championship as Jeff Davis County upended the Wildcats 27-7 on Columbia’s home field.
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With how dominant the Columbia Wildcats have been all season long, it seemed like it would take a perfect storm for them to be tamed and fail to win the Class 3A state championship. And that’s exactly what occurred Friday night in Columbia’s 27-7 loss to Jeff Davis County.
With football season coming to an end Friday night in Marion County, it’s time to start reflecting on the 2019 season and handing out awards.
The Columbia Wildcats’ undefeated season came to a screeching halt tonight in the south state championship as Jeff Davis County upended the Wildcats 27-7 on Columbia’s home field.
The Columbia Wildcats (13-0) will take on a Jeff Davis (8-5) squad they previously beat for the right to go to the state championship Friday night. The state championship is scheduled for at 11 a.m. Dec. 6 at Southern Miss.
Despite a slow start for their prolific offense, it was all business for the Columbia Wildcats Friday night in a 35-0 home win over Magee to advance to the south state championship.
The turnaround season that was nearly a dream for the West Marion Trojans came to a close in a hard-luck loss to Jeff Davis County (8-5) on their home field Friday night with a trip to the south state championship up for grabs.
The Columbia Wildcats (13-0) will be playing host to Jeff Davis County (8-5) in the Class 3A south state championship game next Friday after they beat Magee (10-4) and Jeff Davis knocked off West Marion (12-2) tonight.
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The Columbia Wildcats dominated in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs Friday night in a start-to-finish 25-7 blowout of Velma Jackson on their home field.
No. 1 ranked Columbia (12-0) forced four turnovers defensively, rushed for more than 250 yards and threw two touchdowns to take down the Falcons (7-5).
For as great as West Marion’s defense has been all year, the Trojans’ stingy unit turned in their best performance of the year at Yazoo County Friday night to advance to the third round of the playoffs.
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