Football Preview: Hillcrest Patriots vs. Oak Mountain Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in Bryson Kimbrough and Will O'Dell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Hillcrest Patriots will head out to take on the Oak Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hillcrest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.2 points per game this season.
Hillcrest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Prattville on Thursday as Hillcrest made off with a 53-28 victory. With the Patriots ahead 29-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Kimbrough was his usual excellent self, throwing for 204 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 passes, while also rushing for 47 yards. Another player making a difference was Jacobi Harris, who rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hillcrest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 387 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Oak Mountain fell victim to Hewitt-Trussville and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a blow against the Huskies, falling 63-0. The Eagles have struggled against the Huskies recently, as their game on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Hillcrest has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Oak Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Hillcrest has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 267 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Oak Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 193.5. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Hillcrest and Oak Mountain were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, but Hillcrest came up empty-handed after a 28-27 defeat. Can Hillcrest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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