Jones College opens MACCC playoffs at Northwest Mississippi

ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) – Jones Faculty and Northwest Mississippi all the time appear to satisfy up this time of yr.

The Bobcats and Rangers play for the fourth time in three seasons on Saturday within the opening spherical of the MACCC playoffs.

No. 3 Northwest clinched the North Division with an ideal 9-0 run by way of the common season. No. 7 Jones Faculty suffered its first loss final week at Mississippi Gulf Coast.

“We didn’t wallow in it, the solar got here up, mentioned Jones Faculty head coach Steve Buckley. “It’s the subsequent day and subsequent recreation up. Like I mentioned, we’ve obtained to go on the street, we perceive that, we’ve been there earlier than. They’re an excellent soccer group. There’s numerous similarities between the 2 groups. Coach [Benjy] Parker and his workers do an important job.”

“One loss doesn’t outline us,” mentioned Jones Faculty sophomore offensive guard Quintin Fowler. “We’re all locked on this week. Everyone knows what we nonetheless have forward of us. Everyone knows we nonetheless have an opportunity of getting the nationwide title. We love being out right here, we love being round one another. We’re simply attempting to play to maintain practising to be round one another. We love one another.”

Jones Faculty (8-1) visits Northwest on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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