The Mountain Brook Spartans's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southside Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Brook is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29 points per game this season.
Mountain Brook's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They blew past Shades Valley 37-0. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Mounties are ranked 94th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Stuart Andrews was his usual excellent self, rushing for 219 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mountain Brook was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 39 points the game before, Southside was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They took a blow against Pell City, falling 45-7. The matchup marked Southside's lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Mountain Brook is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.6 points per game. As for Southside, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Brook against Southside when the teams last played back in November of 2021, as the team secured a 63-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Brook since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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