The St. Clair County Fighting Saints will head out to take on the Jacksonville Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Clair County's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Lincoln, posting a 49-0 win on the road. Given the Fighting Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Golden Bears are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Clair County's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Landyn Smith led the charge by throwing for 237 yards and five touchdowns. Smith is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. Jeremiah Thomaas also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jacksonville). They really took it to Lincoln for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-17 victory at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Golden Eagles had established a 45 point advantage.
Xzavier English continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Tylen Ellis was another key player, rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
St. Clair County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Jacksonville, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-4.
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