Football Preview: Gardendale Rockets vs. Minor Tigers
Gardendale has gone 7-2 against Minor recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Gardendale Rockets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Minor Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gardendale is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 51-14 win over Jackson-Olin. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rockets considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Minor put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 48-27 margin over Woodlawn.
Minor found their leader in underclassman Kamari Bell, who rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Bell a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Trevone Hurth, who rushed for 143 yards on only seven carries.
Minor wouldn't let Woodlawn keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Minor can thank David Mason and Mykale Hrabowski for forcing both of them. Brandon Woodard was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Minor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 412 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Woodlawn only rushed for 122.
The victory got Gardendale back to even at 2-2. As for Minor, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Gardendale beat Minor 61-49 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Minor's Sherman Williams, who rushed for 44 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gardendale still be able to contain Williams? There's only one way to find out.
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