Football Preview: West Morgan Rebels vs. Danville Hawks
The West Morgan Rebels will square off against the Danville Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Morgan is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
West Morgan is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past East Lawrence, posting a 69-6 win on the road. Fans of the Rebels have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Shone Tapscott had a dynamite game for West Morgan, rushing for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Macarri Johnson was in the mix too, providing West Morgan with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Morgan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
West Morgan didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Jose Bibiano led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Keithan Deloney is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Danville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by Brooks 45-0. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 321st, while the Lions are ranked 138th).
West Morgan's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Danville, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
West Morgan was dealt a bruising 35-8 loss at the hands of Danville in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Can West Morgan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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