Football Preview: Saraland Spartans vs. Murphy Panthers
The Saraland Spartans will face off against the Murphy Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Saraland has seven straight wins, Murphy has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Saraland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: St. Paul's Episcopal, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Saraland was ranked third). Saraland managed a 19-14 victory over St. Paul's Episcopal on Friday. The 19-point effort marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Murphy took on Baldwin County on Friday. The match between Murphy and Baldwin County wasn't particularly close, with Murphy falling 22-6.
Saraland pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Murphy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Saraland against Murphy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 54-6 victory. Will Saraland repeat their success, or does Murphy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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