The Mt. Enterprise Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Alto Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Mt. Enterprise is headed into Thursday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They and Overton were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Mt. Enterprise suffered a 45-44 defeat. That makes it the first time this season the Wildcats have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, Mt. Enterprise got top-tier performance from Kaegan Ash, who rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Ash's rushing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 15th straight game with at least 143 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tracey Thompson, who rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Mt. Enterprise was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 436 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, a win for Alto just wasn't in the cards two weeks ago as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 58-34 to Overton.
The match pitted two dominant wideouts against one another in Anthony Battle and Bryce Still. Still had a great game and rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Meanwhile, Battle was balling out in the loss, rushing for 212 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry.
Alto's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3. As for Mt. Enterprise, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
Mt. Enterprise took their victory against Alto in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 54-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Enterprise since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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