Football Preview: Decatur Red Raiders vs. Hartselle Tigers
The Decatur Red Raiders will take on the Hartselle Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Decatur will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Hartselle is facing Decatur at the wrong time: Decatur suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were outmatched by the Trojans at home and fell 42-7. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 208th, while the Trojans are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, Hartselle never let their opponents score on Friday. They claimed a resounding 65-0 win over Columbia at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Decatur's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Hartselle, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Decatur and Hartselle were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Decatur suffered an agonizing 20-19 loss. Can Decatur avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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