The Jackson Aggies will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Orange Beach Makos at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
If Jackson beats Orange Beach with 55 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Jackson breezed by St. Michael Catholic on the road to the tune of 55-16 on Friday. The Aggies pushed the score to 55-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Landon Duckworth was his usual excellent self, throwing for 336 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 51 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Ezavier Crowell was another key player, rushing for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Jackson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Quell Armstrong and Victor Darrington.
Meanwhile, Orange Beach had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Blue Devils 38-6 at home. Given the Makos' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Blue Devils are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jackson pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Orange Beach, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Everything came up roses for Jackson against Orange Beach when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 50-2 win. In that match, Jackson amassed a halftime lead of 36-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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