Boaz has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Guntersville has won six straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Boaz Pirates will host the Guntersville Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boaz and Brewer met for a duel on Friday where Boaz came out on top. Boaz was the clear victor by a 52-26 margin over Brewer. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Patriots are ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Boaz's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyler Pierce, who threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Another rusher making a difference was Tristan Childers, who rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Boaz was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Boaz didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Elijah Kelley.
Meanwhile, Guntersville was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Scottsboro 34-7 at home. Guntersville pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit Scottsboro had little chance of recovering from.
Boaz is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Guntersville, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Boaz suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Guntersville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Boaz avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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