Football Preview: Hoover Buccaneers vs. Fairhope Pirates
After each having a week off, the Hoover Buccaneers and the Fairhope Pirates will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hoover has four straight wins, Fairhope has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hoover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Vestavia Hills, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Hoover was ranked sixth). Hoover took down Vestavia Hills 38-20 two weeks ago. The Buccaneers pushed the score to 38-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rebels cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, a victory for Fairhope just wasn't in the cards two weeks ago as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 34-14 to Baker. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Pirates have suffered since August 22nd.
Fairhope might have lost, but man, Bryon Martin was a machine: he picked up 84 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Martin has become a key player for Fairhope: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
Fairhope's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Hoover, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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