Friday Night Football in the local area

Tonight, the Nashville Scrappers have a bye, but Howard County will host two big 3-2A games. The Dierks Outlaws will host the Murfreesboro Rattlers and the Mineral Springs Hornets will host the Cougars of Lafayette County.

Dierks is 2 and 3 on the season and 0 and 1 in the conference following last week’s loss to Lafayette County. Coach Paul Ernest says he expects his Outlaws will have no trouble getting fired up and ready to play tonight’s opponent.

Murfreesboro is 4 and 0 on the season and 1 and 0 in the conference after defeating the Poyen Indians last Friday night at home. This week, the Rattlers will be on the road at Dierks and Rattler head coach Brad Chesshir says he is expecting a full house in the holler.

Murfreesboro comes into tonight’s game ranked as high as number 8 in most polls.

Tonight’s game between the Dierks Outlaws and the Murfreesboro Rattlers can be heard on 105.5 the Maverick or online at Southwest Arkansas Radio dot Com.

Mineral Springs will host Lafayette County tonight at Hornet Stadium and both teams are 1 and 0 in conference play. The Hornets defeated the Foreman Gators last week.

This week, Coach Jason Hathcock and his Hornets will face off with coach Hathcock’s former team and he wants his Hornets to stay focused.

Mineral Springs enters tonight’s game ranked number one in 2A.