The Dadeville Tigers will face off against the Montgomery Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Dadeville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 54 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Valley on Thursday. They came up short against the Rams, falling 23-3.
Meanwhile, Montgomery Academy had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it six two weeks ago. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 57-36 victory. Montgomery Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 21 points or more this season.
A big part of Montgomery Academy's win came down to the chemistry between Reid Mcbride and his top target Braden Gordon. Mcbride threw for 339 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 passes while Gordon gained 231 total yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Mcbride is now averaging an impressive 3.1 passing touchdowns per game. Mac Benefield helped Mcbride out on the ground, rushing for 130 yards and a touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Montgomery Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Montgomery Academy's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.3 points per game. As for Dadeville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Dadeville came up short against Montgomery Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, falling 8-2. Can Dadeville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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