Homewood fought the good fight in their overtime game against Mountain Brook on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 25-24 to the Spartans. The contest marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Homewood lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Kaleb Carson, who rushed for 105 yards and one TD, and also threw for 219 yards and one touchdown. Homewood's leading receiver Tomon Felton was Carson's top target yet again, picking up 151 receiving yards and one score.
Cayden Hofbauer produced another solid effort throwing for 231 yards and one TD while completing 79.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 57 yards for Mountain Brook. Those 231 passing yards gave Hofbauer a new career-high. A healthy portion of Hofbauer's aerial production (90 yards to be exact) went to John Colvin.
Having lost for the first time this season, Homewood fell to 5-1. As for Mountain Brook, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Homewood will head out on the road to face off against Gardendale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Patriots will be up against the Rockets' rather soft defense (which has allowed 42.33 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Mountain Brook, they will host Clay-Chalkville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Cougars' defense has only allowed 10.5 points per game this season, so the Spartans' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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