Football Preview: Anniston Bulldogs vs. Pleasant Grove Spartans
The Anniston Bulldogs are taking a road trip to face off against the Pleasant Grove Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Anniston's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Pleasant Grove's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Anniston's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Hokes Bluff offense got past them. Anniston took a hard 37-18 fall against Hokes Bluff on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pleasant Grove). They really took it to Tarrant for the full four quarters, racking up a 51-0 win at home. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 330th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pleasant Grove's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Collin Moore led the charge by rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Moore's longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Tremell Washington, who picked up 70 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pleasant Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Anniston's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Pleasant Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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