Shades Valley hasn't had much luck against Clay-Chalkville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Shades Valley Mounties will venture away from home to face off against the Clay-Chalkville Cougars at 7:00 p.m.
Shades Valley is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Oxford on Friday. Shades Valley lost 45-21 to Oxford. While losing is never fun, the Mounties can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Clay-Chalkville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Pell City 45-0 at home. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Aaron Osley had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Frye, who rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Clay-Chalkville's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Nakarius Allen and his two. Allen is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Shades Valley and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Clay-Chalkville, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Shades Valley was taken down by Clay-Chalkville 62-7 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Shades Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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