By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

ST. MARTIN — The battle of unbeaten teams as St. Martin hosts West Harrison Friday night is this week’s is this week’s “Vertical Raise Game of the Week” for SouthMiss6 Sports.

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Just the fifth all-time meeting between the Yellow Jackets and Hurricanes takes place this week between these new league foes as Region 4-7A play begins. Both teams enter the fray a solid 4-0.

St. Martin has won three of the four prior meetings, including hammering West Harrison 63-14 in the last meeting five years ago. The two teams first met in 2009, and the only win for the Hurricanes in the series came the next season at home 27-0.

West Harrison is 4-0 for the first time ever in program history, and St. Martin is 4-0 for the first time since 2019. The Yellow jackets are looking for their first 5-0 start since th 2016 season.

West Harrison moved to 4-0 with a resounding 53-20 win over Laurel last week, a senior standout running back Jordan Stapleton ran for 196 yards with three touchdowns and added a 60-yard reception in the win.

Meanwhile, St. Martin quarterback Seth Crocket completed 22 of 25 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-0 win over Hancock. He also ran for 81 yards and another score.

And, Yellow Jacket running back Kevin Marshall caught two touchdown passes and returned an interception 27 yards for a score. Marshall also had a big blocked punt that led directly to a rushing score by Crockett as well.

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