Football Preview: Southern Prep Academy Fighting Rangers vs. Springwood Wildcats
The Southern Prep Academy Fighting Rangers will head out to face off against the Springwood Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Southern Prep Academy was fully in charge, breezing past Coosa Valley Academy 41-6 on the road.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Springwood, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They breezed by Lighthouse HomeSchool at home to the tune of 58-28 on Friday.
CJ Johnson went supernova for Springwood, rushing for 296 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry, and also picking up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Johnson is now averaging an impressive 3.5 rushing touchdowns per game. Gregory Johnson III also helped out with an impressive 112 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Springwood was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 584 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lighthouse HomeSchool only gained 320.
Springwood wouldn't let Lighthouse HomeSchool keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Springwood can thank Jiovanni Rowe and Tucker Sides for forcing both of them. Sides got the majority of those yards when he pulled down a pass and and took off for a gain of50 yards.
The win got Southern Prep Academy back to even at 1-1. As for Springwood, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Southern Prep Academy was dealt a bruising 61-14 defeat at the hands of Springwood in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who rushed for 359 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Southern Prep Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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