On Tuesday, the Pell City Panthers faced the Mountain Brook Spartans in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Pell City ended up on the wrong side of a rough 4-1 walloping at the hands of Mountain Brook. Pell City was red-hot offensively headed into the match (they scored no less than four goals in the three contests prior) but Mountain Brook's defense proved too tough.
Pell City's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-2-2. As for Mountain Brook, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 16-0.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pell City will square off against Oxford at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oxford will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 109th, while Pell City is ranked 21st). As for Mountain Brook, they will head out on the road to square off against Oak Mountain at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Brook is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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