The Homewood Patriots will head out on the road to challenge the Jackson-Olin Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Homewood has four straight wins, Jackson-Olin has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Homewood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Woodlawn 52-14 at home on Friday. With the Patriots ahead 35-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Evan Ausmer was his usual excellent self, rushing for 95 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, while also picking up 46 receiving yards. Another player making a difference was Kaleb Carson, who threw for 46 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Homewood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Jackson-Olin took a blow against Gardendale on Friday, falling 51-14. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Rockets are ranked 58th).
Homewood's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Jackson-Olin, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Homewood's way against Jackson-Olin in their previous meeting back in October of 2019 as Homewood made off with a 28-6 win. In that matchup, Homewood amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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