The Wilcox Academy Wildcats will take on the South Choctaw Academy Rebels on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Wilcox Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Sparta Academy onto the board and left with a 22-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, South Choctaw Academy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game with ease, bagging a 77-22 victory over Abbeville Christian Academy. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Generals are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kade Carroll continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 255 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 45 yards and a touchdown. Those 255 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jack Johnson, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
South Choctaw Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 490 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matches.
South Choctaw Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off six passes before the game was over. Carroll led the group effort, picking up three of those interceptions all by himself. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 115 rushing yards.
Wilcox Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.0 points per game. As for South Choctaw Academy, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-0.
Wilcox Academy ended up a good deal behind South Choctaw Academy when the teams last played back in September, losing 22-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carroll, who rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Now that Wilcox Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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