The Albertville Aggies are taking a road trip to square off against the Huntsville Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Albertville is looking for their season's first victory.
Albertville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 35-21 bruising from Grissom last Friday.
Although Albertville took the loss, they still got scores from Taliq Saint, Dravin Hendrix, and Hunter Smith.
Meanwhile, a win for Huntsville just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Austin, falling 38-13. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Black Bears are ranked 26th).
Despite the loss, Huntsville got top-tier performance from Marlin Jones, who rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns. Jones' longest rush was for an incredible 79 yards.
Even though they lost, Huntsville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Albertville's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Huntsville, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Albertville took a serious blow against Huntsville when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 36-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jones, who rushed for 165 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Now that Albertville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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