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It's Week 8 of Missouri high school football in the Springfield area. See our predictions for top MSHSAA games this week.

Here is our Mississippi high school football scoreboard, including the eighth week of the season for MHSAA programs. Friday's games Adams County Christian 30, St Joseph 16 Baldwyn 60, Thrasher 0 Biggersville 28, Tupelo Christian Prep 21 Biloxi 34, St Martin 14 Booneville 23, Mantachie 13 Brandon 31, Oak Grove 27 Canton 21, Yazoo City 14 Charleston 42, O'Bannon 8 Choctaw County 42, Mooreville 0 Cleveland Central 33, Greenville-Weston 8 Clinton 31, Starkville 22 Delta 36, Deer Creek 28 Desoto 44, Tunica 14 East Marion 36, Resurrection Catholic 0 East Union 29, Hatley 24 East Webster 50, Aberdeen 8 Eupora 22, Sebastopol 14 Falkner 53, H.W. Byers 12 Florence 22, North Pike 9 Forest 21, Northeast Jones 10 Gautier 31, Wayne County 8 George County 51, Hancock 41 Greene County 54, Bay 19 Grenada 42, Olive Branch 0 Gulfport 38, D'Iberville 19 Hattiesburg 50, Forest Hill 0 Heidelberg 52, Mize 0 Horn Lake 35, Hernando 0 Humphreys County 30, Winona 27 Itawamba Agricultural 52, Ripley 0 Jefferson Davis County 40, Hazlehurst 12 Kemper County 40, Philadelphia 22 Kosciusko 30, Greenwood 28 Kossuth 31, Belmont 0 Laurel 40, East Central 14 Leake 35, Lamar Christian 34 Louisville 48, Caledonia 7 Loyd Star 38, Bogue Chitto 14 Lumberton 39, Sacred Heart Catholic 35 Madison Central 27, Murrah 6 Magee 14, Raleigh 0 Mendenhall 24, Quitman 7 Morton 34, Lake 14 Neshoba Central 19, Columbus 14 New Albany 50, North Pontotoc 14 New Hope 46, Corinth 7 Newton County 41, Christian Collegiate 14 North Delta 35, Carroll 6 North Side 54, Riverside 0 Northwest Rankin 24, Meridian 7 Noxubee County 54, Enterprise 21 Ocean Springs 48, Harrison Central 3 Okolona 27, Smithville 12 Oxford 14, Desoto Central 13 Park Place Christian 34, Kemper 14 Parklane 49, Brookhaven Academy 14 Pascagoula 50, Long Beach 21 Pass Christian 41, Moss Point 0 Picayune Memorial 69, West Harrison 50 Pontotoc 35, Lafayette 21 Poplarville 43, Tylertown 37 Prairie View 55, Hillcrest Christian 12 Presbyterian Christian 37, St Joseph Catholic 0 Riverfield 29, Canton Academy 6 Rosa Fort 54, Holly Springs 0 Seminary 49, Crystal Springs 13 Senatobia 48, Byhalia 0 Shannon 45, Tishomingo County 6 Silliman Institute 48, Columbia Academy 21 Simpson 27, Copiah 14 South Jones 29, Natchez 14 South Panola 46, Center Hill 14 South Pontotoc 27, Alcorn Central 8 Southaven 38, Lewisburg 14 Southeast Lauderdale 38, McLaurin 20 St Aloysius 28, Manchester 7 St Stanislaus 37, St Patrick Catholic 0 Starkville 30, Heritage Academy 27 Taylorsville 28, Stringer 18 Terry 35, Pearl River Central 14 Tri-County 33, Central Hinds 6 Tupelo 27, Germantown 7 Vancleave 37, Stone 13 Walnut 22, Hamilton 20 Warren Central 21, Vicksburg 13 Wesson 48, Franklin County 0 West Marion 21, Perry Central 20 West Point 21, Clarksdale 0 Yazoo County 35, Amanda Elzy 32 Thursday's games Amory 35, Richland 0 Enterprise 49, Salem 20 Ethel 34, McAdams 12 Falkner 53, H.W. Byers 12 McComb 21, Lanier 16 Simmons 36, McEvans 0 This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Mississippi high school football scores for 2024 MHSAA Week 8

High School on SI's custom rankings formula for every Missouri high school football classification entering Week 8