The Sylacauga Aggies will square off against the Elmore County Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sylacauga's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They walked away with a 7-0 win over Marbury.
Meanwhile, 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 Marbury with a sharp 30-7 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games 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. Another thorn in Marbury's side was Connor Pike, who picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The win got Sylacauga back to even at 4-4. As for Elmore County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2-1.
Sylacauga took a serious blow against Elmore County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 35-7. Can Sylacauga avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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