The Shelby County Wildcats will head out to challenge the Montevallo Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Shelby County and five for Montevallo.
Shelby County made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Demopolis, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Wildcats fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 29-27 on Friday. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 7-0 in the first quarter.
Shelby County might have lost, but man, Devan Alexander was a machine: he rushed for 136 yards and three scores.
Meanwhile, Montevallo played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Selma, falling 36-10. The Bulldogs were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Shelby County now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Montevallo, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Shelby County's way against Montevallo in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as Shelby County made off with a 42-16 win. In that matchup, the Wildcats amassed a halftime lead of 42-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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