Football Preview: Faith Academy Rams vs. Vigor Wolves
The Faith Academy Rams will take on the Vigor Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Faith Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Williamson on Thursday. They were beaten by the Lions 63-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Lions are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Vigor put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Elberta 40-0 at home. Considering the Wolves have won five contests by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Vigor to victory, but perhaps none more so than Demetris Johnson, who rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards. Dylan Jackson was another key player, rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown.
Vigor wouldn't let Elberta keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jabarrius Garror, Aslan Jones, and Gerritt Holcombe picked up one apiece. Garror is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last eight games he's played dating back to last season. Vigor got some further help from Greg Crosby: he made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Vigor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
This is the second loss in a row for Faith Academy and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Vigor, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Faith Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Vigor in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 21-13. Will Faith Academy repeat their success, or does Vigor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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