Foley and Fairhope are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2014, but not for long. The Foley Lions will head out on the road to take on the Fairhope Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Foley lost 35-14 to Mary G. Montgomery two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Vikings are ranked 18th).
Although Foley took the loss, they still got scores from Damien Martial and Nelson Thompson.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Fairhope's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 15-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Theodore. Having soared to a lofty 38 points in the game before, the Pirates couldn't push the score so high this time.
This is the second loss in a row for Foley and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Fairhope, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Foley didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Fairhope in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 21-17 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Fairhope's Preston Godfrey, who rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Foley to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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