Football Recap: Elmore County Panthers vs. Marbury Bulldogs
You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Elmore County on Friday. They put the hurt on the Marbury Bulldogs with a sharp 30-7 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 21 points or more this season.
The critical scores for Elmore County came from Caleb Spivey, Gage Davis, Parker Hobbs, and Tyler Payton.
Elmore County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Elmore County's defense and their four sacks. Jackson Mann was especially locked on to Marbury's QB and sacked him twice. The dominant performance also gave Mann a new career-high in rushing yards. Elmore County got some further help from Connor Pike: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The victory made it two in a row for Elmore County and bumps their season record up to 5-2-1. As for Marbury, they dropped their record down to 0-8 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Elmore County will challenge Sylacauga at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elmore County's defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Sylacauga's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Marbury, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Holtville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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