The Alto Yellowjackets will face off against the Deweyville Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. 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 Friday's match 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.
Even though they lost, Alto was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 236 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Deweyville entered their tilt with Sabine Pass on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They breezed by the Sharks to the tune of 49-13. Considering the Pirates have won seven games by more than 31 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ayden Kelley had a dynamite game for Deweyville, rushing for 95 yards and three touchdowns. Those 95 rushing yards gave Kelley a new career-high.
Deweyville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kallel Crooks and Jaxon Slone.
Alto's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3. As for Deweyville, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
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