STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Poplarville and Stone come into Friday night after opposite results in week one.

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The Tomcats have the wind in their sails after a 20-point road win against Hancock, while the Hornets are looking to bounce back after dropping their home opener against West Harrison.

“It sucks anytime you lose. We were very disappointed,” Poplarville head coach Jay Beech said. “Then, going back and watching film, after watching the film, we were even more embarrassed with our performance. We’re just going to work this week as hard as we possibly can to fix the things we messed up on. I thought we played slow and timid at times, and we can’t be like that.”

“Well, something that we were excited about coming out of Hancock was that we

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