Football Preview: Alto Yellowjackets vs. Mt. Enterprise Wildcats
The Alto Yellowjackets will challenge the Mt. Enterprise Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Alto is headed into Thursday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They came up short against Overton two weeks ago, falling 58-34.
The match pitted two dominant wideouts against one another in Anthony Battle and Bryce Still. Still had a great game and rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Meanwhile, Battle was balling out in the loss, rushing for 212 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Mt. Enterprise entered their match against Overton on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Mt. Enterprise and Overton were almost perfectly matched up, but Mt. Enterprise suffered a 45-44 loss. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost three in a row.
Mt. Enterprise might have lost, but man, Kaegan Ash was a machine: he rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Ash's rushing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 15th straight game with at least 143 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tracey Thompson, who rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Mt. Enterprise was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 436 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Alto's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3. As for Mt. Enterprise, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
Alto might still be hurting after the 54-28 loss they got from Mt. Enterprise in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ash, who rushed for 291 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per carry. Now that Alto knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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