Football Preview: Hubbertville Lions vs. Hackleburg Panthers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions takes on the Hackleburg Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hubbertville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sumiton Christian 65-20 on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Lions with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Hackleburg put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Cherokee for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-0 win. The Panthers pushed the score to 51-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had no chance of recovering from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hackleburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Davin Dulaney, who rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Dulaney has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Blaise Vickery, who rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hackleburg's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Edge Weeks and Sawyer L Johnson, who racked up six sacks between them.
Hubbertville's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Hackleburg, their win bumped their record up to 9-0.
Hubbertville came up short against Hackleburg in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 32-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hackleburg's Jaquan Reeder, who picked up 146 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. Now that Hubbertville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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