Football Preview: Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes vs. West Hall Spartans
Two dominant backs in Jitt Carr and Elijah Hayes are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will venture away from home to face off against the West Hall Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Monroe Area and four for West Hall.
Monroe Area's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Oconee County on Friday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 20-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Purple Hurricanes were not able to get on the board.
Even if they lost, Monroe Area's defense still kept up the pressure with six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Dacian Davis and William Carr, who racked up five sacks between them. Carr also sacked two sacks, which is notable because Monroe Area is 3-1 when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-3 otherwise. Another thorn in Oconee County's side was Antonio Mitchell, who picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles.
Meanwhile, West Hall and East Hall met for a duel on Friday where West Hall had to take the L. West Hall took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of East Hall.
West Hall might have lost, but man, Brett Sturm was a machine: he rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt. Those 101 rushing yards gave Sturm a new career-high. Backing up that air attack was Hayes, who rushed for 95 yards.
Monroe Area's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for West Hall, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
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