NATCHEZ &8212; When coming off a physical, emotional game such as the one Trinity played last Friday night against Huntington, the last thing a team wants is another physical opponent.

Unfortunately for the Saints (7-1), that&8217;s just what they&8217;ll get Friday night when they travel to Centreville to take on Coach Bill Hurst and the Tigers.

Trinity head coach David King said he was plenty concerned with the match-up.

&8220;It&8217;s a tough deal,&8221; King said. &8220;When you look at the schedule, we&8217;d like to have some of these tougher match-ups early, but that&8217;s the joy and the agony of scheduling. Coach Bill Hurst is a good friend of mine and he&8217;s one of the top coaches in the history of this state &8212; public or private. His presence alone demands respect.&8221;

King said the Tigers have had a young team this season, but that hasn&8217;t prevented them from jumping out to a 7-2 start.

&8220;They&8217;ve got a very young team, but they&8217;re used to winning down there. It should be a tough opponent and a great atmosphere for football.&8221;

The Centreville defense, whose crowning achievement may have been holding star WCCA running back Sean Venezia to only two yards on 10 carries earlier this season, will be a challenge for the Saints, according to King.

&8220;They&8217;ve got one of the more talented lines from one side to the other that Bill&8217;s had,&8221; King said. &8220;They&8217;re going to play you very physical for four quarters, and we&8217;re a little wounded from the Huntington game, so you can&8217;t go in half-cocked.&8221;

With a district title wrapped up and a home playoff game already assured, some coaches may take the next two games as an opportunity to avoid getting their stars hurt, but King said he had no intentions of doing so.

&8220;The smart move would probably be to play it safe, but I&8217;ve never been accused of being smart,&8221; he said. &8220;Injuries are part of the game. We&8217;re going to go out there and play hard and try to win the game. It doesn&8217;t mean anything to them either, but they&8217;ll come out looking to win, too. It&8217;ll be two programs coming out and getting after it and playing to win. They&8217;ll want to kick our butts, and hopefully we can give them a good game.&8221;

The Saints and Tigers will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday.

Glenbrook at Huntington

The Huntington Hounds (8-1) find themselves in a similar position to Trinity this week, as they host fourth-ranked Glenbrook.

Glenbrook (6-2) enters the game with close losses to River Oaks and Porters Chapel.

Harkins said Glenbrook has plenty of speed to bring with them to Ferriday.

&8220;One of their wingbacks won the 100-meter state championship last year,&8221; he said. &8220;They&8217;ve got a good tailback, Shelby Wise, that&8217;s a load to tackle. After seeing Ridley last week nothing would be harder to bring down, but this guy will give us some problems.&8221;

Harkins felt the loss to Trinity last week seemed to refocus his players.

&8220;I think it was good for us,&8221; he said. &8220;I think the team has responded well at practice this week after the defeat. There seems to be more of a spring in our step. We&8217;ve kind of changed gears. I don&8217;t know if this will translate into us playing better, but we&8217;ve had good practices this week.&8221;

Harkins said Glenbrook would run an offense his team familiarized itself with well.

&8220;They run a pro I, a double wing, and a spread shotgun,&8221; he said. &8220;Outside of the double wing, they run a lot of the same stuff Trinity did.&8221;

Defensively, Harkins expects physical play to be the name of the game Friday.

&8220;They&8217;ve got some guys that don&8217;t mind hitting,&8221; he said. &8220;They fly around to the football. They&8217;ve got some good linebackers. They&8217;re a fundamentally-sound defense. They&8217;re a well-coached team.&8221;

Huntington and Glenbrook will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday.

Tensas at ACCS

The ACCS Rebels, coming off a crushing 44-14 loss to Porters Chapel, will play their final home game of the season Friday night when they host Tensas (3-6).

The Rebels (4-5) have clinched a playoff spot, but will likely hit the road to face Central Private in round one.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

WCCA at Tallulah

The WCCA Rams (3-6) will look for their third win in a row Friday night when they travel to take on Tallulah (2-7)

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.