The McGill-Toolen Yellowjackets will square off against the Pike Road Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with McGill-Toolen sitting on five straight victories and Pike Road on four.
On Friday, McGill-Toolen was able to grind out a solid win over Baldwin County, taking the game 21-14. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Tigers are ranked 103rd) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blane Barre
| 10/31/25 vs Baldwin County | 102 |
| 10/17/25 @ St. Paul's Episcopal | 85 |
| 09/12/25 @ Gulf Shores | 84 |
| 09/05/25 @ Theodore | 49 |
| 10/24/25 vs Spanish Fort | 44 |
Blane Barre continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 102 yards and one touchdown on only ten carries, while also throwing for 180 yards and one TD. Those 102 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, while Pike Road put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Charles Henderson. The Patriots really took it to the Trojans for the full four quarters, racking up a 45-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won seven contests by 23 points or more so far this season.
Pike Road's win came from a few key players McGill-Toolen will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Chase Perry, who rushed for 88 yards and one score. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 73-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Gunner Gibbs, who threw for 245 yards and one touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Pike Road was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
McGill-Toolen's record now sits at 6-4. As for Pike Road, their record is now 8-2.
McGill-Toolen suffered a grim 76-51 defeat to Pike Road in their previous matchup back in August of 2021. Thankfully for the Yellowjackets, Iverson Hooks (who rushed for 332 yards and five TDs while picking up 20.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% 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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