Football Preview: Saraland Spartans vs. Montgomery Catholic Knights
Saraland has won ten straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Montgomery Catholic has won ten straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Saraland Spartans will host the Montgomery Catholic Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Saraland made easy work of McGill-Toolen and carried off a 34-12 win. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked second, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Santae Mcwilliams Jr., who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Saraland's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Damond Williams was especially locked on to McGill-Toolen's QB and sacked him twice. Williams also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Montgomery Catholic). They claimed a resounding 63-6 victory over Charles Henderson at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
Montgomery Catholic got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Josh Harriell out in front who rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Kingston Preyear, who threw for 112 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Montgomery Catholic wouldn't let Charles Henderson keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Montgomery Catholic can thank Dylan Rogers and Kam Miller for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Miller is now averaging an impressive 5.6 total tackles per game. Another thorn in Charles Henderson's side was Garrett Sanford, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Saraland's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Montgomery Catholic, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-0.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Saraland has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 359.2 total yards per game. However, it's not like Montgomery Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 404.4. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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