Homewood has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Gardendale Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Homewood's defense has only allowed 12.5 points per game this season, so Gardendale's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Homewood is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Mountain Brook just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to the Spartans 27-22. The game marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Gardendale had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They secured a 33-28 W over the Falcons.
Gardendale found their leader in underclassman Urijah Casey, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Those 134 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Casey.
One reason for the win was Gardendale's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Chris Donaldson and Adam Yazel, who racked up four sacks between them. Yazel is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made 13 or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Gardendale got some further help from Rowan Warmack: he made 16 total tackles.
Having lost for the first time this season, Homewood fell to 5-1. As for Gardendale, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Homewood came up short against Gardendale in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, falling 35-27. Can Homewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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