Football Preview: Muscle Shoals Trojans vs. Clay-Chalkville Cougars
The Muscle Shoals Trojans will challenge the Clay-Chalkville Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Muscle Shoals is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Mortimer Jordan to the tune of 52-7. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Trojans had established a 38 point advantage.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Clay-Chalkville, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Gadsden City 33-3. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Titans are ranked 57th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Clay-Chalkville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Aaron Osley led the charge by rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Joshua Woods was another key back, gaining 108 total yards and a touchdown.
Clay-Chalkville pushed their record up to 9-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.4 points per game. As for Muscle Shoals, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-2.
Muscle Shoals lost to Clay-Chalkville on the road by a decisive 44-27 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Muscle Shoals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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