Football Recap: Greene County Tigers vs. Aliceville Yellowjackets
Greene County lost against Aliceville back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Greene County Tigers and the Aliceville Yellowjackets were almost perfectly matched up, but the Greene County Tigers suffered a 15-14 defeat. Despite 274 more yards than the Yellowjackets, the Tigers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Greene County's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kelvies Snoddy, who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and Ronald Wilder Jr., who rushed for 184 yards on only 15 carries. Those 135 rushing yards gave Snoddy a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Greene County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Even if they lost, Greene County's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Leading the way was Damian Isaac with two. He is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as he's now sacked two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Greene County's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Aliceville, their win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-3.
Greene County will take on Isabella at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Aliceville, it'll be a Battle of the Bugs Yellowjackets faces off against Vincent at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Aliceville is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), Vincent a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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