Tallassee is 8-2 against Elmore County since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Tallassee Tigers will challenge the Elmore County Panthers at 7:00 p.m.
Tallassee can't be to happy about their upcoming road match considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Friday. They fell to Montgomery Academy 22-16. The loss leaves the Tigers without a win on the season.
Meanwhile, Elmore County's game on Friday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. Everything went their way against Dadeville as Elmore County made off with a 28-7 win.
Tyler Payton was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Elmore County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Elmore County's defense and their 4.5 sacks. In that department, Caleb Spivey was the leader with two. Luke Reinert was another major factor on D, picking up 0.5 sacks and making seven total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Tallassee ended up a good deal behind Elmore County when the teams last played back in October of 2023, losing 34-20. Can Tallassee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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