Saraland is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Montgomery Catholic is on a eight-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Saraland Spartans will welcome the Montgomery Catholic Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything went Saraland's way against McGill-Toolen as Saraland made off with a 34-12 win. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked second, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Santae Mcwilliams Jr. continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 129 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Saraland's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Damond Williams was especially locked on to McGill-Toolen's QB and sacked him twice. Williams also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Montgomery Catholic). They really took it to Charles Henderson for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-6 victory at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
Montgomery Catholic's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Josh Harriell, who rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Kingston Preyear was another key player, throwing for 112 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Saraland's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Montgomery Catholic, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-0.
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