Baldwin County hasn't had much luck against McGill-Toolen recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Baldwin County Tigers will look to defend their home field against the McGill-Toolen Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m.
Baldwin County is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Gulf Shores on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Baldwin County lost 30-7 to Gulf Shores. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Dolphins are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, McGill-Toolen beat Spanish Fort 20-14 on Friday.
This is the second loss in a row for Baldwin County and nudges their season record down to 1-8. As for McGill-Toolen, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Baldwin County came up short against McGill-Toolen when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 34-23. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McGill-Toolen's Ladarien Miller, who rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Baldwin County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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