The Vestavia Hills Rebels will challenge the Central Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Vestavia Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 42-21 margin over Mary G. Montgomery. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rebels.
Charlie Taaffe continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 93 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 232 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes. He is becoming a predictor of Vestavia Hills' success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 4-1 (and 2-4 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central). They claimed a resounding 70-14 win over James Clemens. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Jets are ranked 47th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Tristan Williams and Jayshaun Woodhouse. Williams rushed for 168 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries while Woodhouse rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 134 rushing yards gave Woodhouse a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Daylyn Upshaw, who picked up 67 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Central wouldn't let James Clemens keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Tristan Lyles was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He has been hot recently, having also posted six or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
Vestavia Hills has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.2 points per game. As for Central, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Vestavia Hills has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 236 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 179.4. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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