The Ferriday High Trojans is the last Miss-Lou football team still alive in the playoffs.

Tonight’s Game of the Week is the No. 1 Trojans vs. No. 8 Kinder High Yellow Jackets.

Ferriday and Kinder meet in the quarterfinal round of the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 2A playoffs. The winner of tonight’s game will face the winner between

The No. 1 Trojans are on a 10-game winning streak overall and a seven-game winning streak at Melz Field this season. Meanwhile, the No. 8 Yellow Jackets are on a seven-game winning streak and a two-game winning streak on the road.

The 10-game winning streak is not the longest in school history for the Ferriday. Ferriday Head Coach Stanley Smith said there was one year the Trojans  went undefeated.

At practices this week in preparation for the Yellow Jackets, Trojans Head Coach Stanley Smith said the Trojans have focused on their run defense and being more disciplined.

“Kinder is going to come in, they’re a smash-mouth team and they’re going to run the ball,” Smith said. “We’re going to make sure we get our assignments right on defense, so we can stop the run. We still committed a lot of penalties (last week), and we need discipline.”

One of the players to watch for the Yellow Jackets is running back Ty Fuselier. Fuselier had big runs against Red River High School in the 28-14 win over the Red River Bulldogs. In the game, Kinder scored four touchdowns compared to the Bulldogs only scoring two touchdowns.

To have tonight’s quarterfinal round game at home, Smith said it’s great to play at home.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Melz Field at Ferriday High School.

WCHS vs. Bogue Chitto

With the basketball season underway, there is only one game being played tonight.

Tonight’s basketball Game of the Week is Wilkinson County High School vs. Bogue Chitto.

It’s a matchup between two schools with cats as mascots. Wilkinson County High is the Wildcats while Bogue Chitto is the Bobcats.

Wilkinson County High (0-4) comes into tonight’s game on a five-game losing streak. The Wildcats lost to McComb High 80-32 on last Friday night. In the game against McComb, the Wildcats highest point total in a quarter was 15 points in the second quarter. Wilkinson County is 0-2 on the road.

Meanwhile, Bogue Chitto (3-1) are on a three-game winning streak. The Bobcats won 43-27 over Sacred Heart on Nov. 23. In the game against Sacred Heart, the highest point total in a quarter the Bobcats scored was 16 points in the third quarter. Bogue Chitto are 3-0 at home.

Tip-off for the game is at 7:30 p.m. at Wilkinson County High School.

Patrick Murphy is a sports reporter for The Natchez Democrat.