Tuscaloosa County is 1-9 against Vestavia Hills since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Tuscaloosa County Wildcats will challenge the Vestavia Hills Rebels at 7:00 p.m.
Tuscaloosa County is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 56-6 loss at the hands of Hoover. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Buccaneers are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Vestavia Hills' strategy against Oak Mountain on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Vestavia Hills blew Oak Mountain out of the water with a 42-14 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rebels had established a 21 point advantage.
A big part of Vestavia Hills' win came down to the chemistry between Charlie Taaffe and his top target Luke Stubbs. Taaffe rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns while Stubbs rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown. Taaffe has become a key player for Vestavia Hills: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Vestavia Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 426 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Tuscaloosa County's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Vestavia Hills, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Tuscaloosa County was dealt a bruising 45-0 defeat at the hands of Vestavia Hills when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Tuscaloosa County, John Paul Head (who rushed for 138 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 152 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.2% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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