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 host 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 victory. 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.
It was another big night for Santae Mcwilliams Jr., who rushed 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. Leading the way was Damond Williams with two. He 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 simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Charles Henderson 63-6 at home. With the Knights ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Montgomery Catholic got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Josh Harriell out in front who rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Another player making a difference was Kingston Preyear, who threw 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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