The Marbury Bulldogs will take on the Sipsey Valley Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Marbury will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Marbury came up short against Valley on Friday, falling 28-7. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Rams are ranked 107th).
Meanwhile, Sipsey Valley beat Jemison 40-28 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sipsey Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lj Cormier, who rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave Cormier a new career-high in rushing yards. Jamarion Jolly was Cormier's top target, picking up 187 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Marbury's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Sipsey Valley, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Marbury came out on top in a nail-biter against Sipsey Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, sneaking past 10-7. Does Marbury have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sipsey Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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