Oak Grove at Starkville: Live Score Updates from this Mississippi Top 10 Season Opening Clash - Aug. 29, 2025

The No. 8 Warriors and No. 10 Yellowjackets are set to battle in Starkville as the 2025 Mississippi high school football season gets underway

Oak Grove Warriors' quarterback Kellen Hall (12) will lead his team into its 2025 season opener at Starksville. / Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The 2025 Mississippi high school football season gets underway in style with a showdown of state Top 10 powers. Oak Grove, ranked No. 8 in the Mississippi High School Football Preseason Top 25, will open at No. 10 Starkville, seeking to bounce back from last fall's 7-5 campaign.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET.

Players to Watch

Oak Grove

• Kellen Hall, QB (Jr.) –– a year older, Hall is the Warriors offensive leader.
• Martez Blackwell, RB (Sr.) — veteran ball-carrier who headlines the backfield.
• Chavel Williams Jr., ATH (Sr.) / Aydon Howard, ATH (Sr.) — versatile pieces who can stress defenses from multiple alignments.
• Drelin Warner, DB (Jr.) / Charles Barnes, DB (Sr.) — experienced secondary leaders vs. Starkville’s speed.
• Kaden Knight, LB (Jr.) — tone-setter in the middle.

Starkville

• Tylan Calvert, QB (Sr.) — returning signal-caller for a balanced attack.
• A’Braylen Jenkins, RB/WR (Sr.) — multipurpose threat and key chain-mover.
• Davis Harrelson, WR (Sr.) — reliable downfield target on the perimeter.
• John Mansel, WR/LS (Sr.) — possession option and special-teams asset.
• Kylin Boyd, CB (Sr.) — top cover man likely to see Oak Grove’s WR1.
• Kaesen McQuiller, OLB/MLB (Sr.) — edge/second-level disruptor against the run.

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Oak Grove at Starkville: Live Score Updates from this Mississippi Top 10 Season Opening Clash - Aug. 29, 2025

	1	2	3	4	F
Oak Grove	6	20	14	14	54
Starkville	3	20	21	13	57

Updates will be placed here when the game begins. Refresh for the latest update.

Pregame:

Starkville is set to kick off to begin this pivotal top 10 matchup.

1st Quarter

After a long drive, the Yellow Jackets hold tough, and come up with a crucial goal line stand.

Starkville stalled on offense, and they proceeded to punt to the Warriors. Just a short time later, Kellen Hall throws his first touchdown pass of the season.

Starkville then puts together a long drive that they cap off with a field goal to make it 6-3 in favor of the Warriors.

2nd Quarter

Kellen Hall tosses his second touchdown pass of the season, and the Warriors take a 13-3 lead. It is now 10:10 left in the quarter.

After being pinned deep on their own 1 yard-line, Oak Grove goes three and out.

Starkville takes a timeout with 4th and 7 coming up.

And just like that, Starkville answers with a huge touchdown to make it 13-10 Warriors.

The fireworks have commenced, and Oak Grove takes the kickoff to Starkville's 12-yard line.

The Warriors push their lead back out after a quick touchdown run up behind the left side of the offensive line.

The Yellow Jacket quarterback finds his tight end wide open down the sidelines for a huge touchdown. Starkville 2-point conversion fails. 20-16 Oak Grove with 5:49 left.

Oak Grove has another coverage bust, and Starkville takes advantage with another long touchdown pass. Starkville leads 23-20 with 3:46 left.

Hall with another big pass for the Warriors has Oak Grove inside the red zone. One play later, they run the tunnel screen, and that is Hall's third touchdown of the night. The PAT is blocked, and Oak Grove leads 26-23 with 2:09 left.

That's halftime, and that was an incredible first half of action.

3rd Quarter

And just like that, Starkville scores on a quarterback scramble from more than 40-yards out, and it's 30-26 Starkville. 10:19 left.

Kellen Hall with his fourth touchdown pass of the night. A quick hitch route is completed, and the receiver makes the defender miss with one move, and it's 33-30 Oak Grove. 9:30 left.

Torian Knox finds the end zone yet again, and Starkville leads 37-33.

Hall is having a career day as he throws his fifth touchdown of the night. 40-37 Warriors. 6:28 left.

Defense is optional today as Starkville completes another touchdown pass making it 44-40 with 4:30 left in the quarter.

4th Quarter

Hall is having a career day by passing his sixth touchdown pass, but Oak Grove has another PAT blocked which could be huge. 46-44 Warriors with 11:50 left.

Starkville's quarterback runs in for another touchdown; this time it's on a designed quarterback run. 51-46 Jackets with 8:03 left.

After a deep pass from Hall over the top, Oak Grove punches it in from 1-yard out. The Warriors lead 54-51 after the reverse pass is good for the 2-point conversion. 7:16 left.

Starkville wins on the final play of the game. Torian Knox takes the pitch and the Jackets win 57-54 in what might be the game of the season in the entire country.