The Elmore County Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Sylacauga Aggies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elmore County's defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Sylacauga's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Elmore County is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Marbury: they outscored them in every quarter. Elmore County was the clear victor by a 30-7 margin over Marbury on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Elmore County came from Caleb Spivey, Gage Davis, Parker Hobbs, and Tyler Payton.
Elmore County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Elmore County's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Jackson Mann was the leader with two. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Elmore County got some further help from Connor Pike: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, while Sylacauga put up some points two weeks ago, the same can't be said for Marbury. Sylacauga came out on top against Marbury by a score of 7-0.
The win made it two in a row for Elmore County and bumps their season record up to 5-2-1. As for Sylacauga, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Everything came up roses for Elmore County against Sylacauga when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 35-7 win. Will Elmore County repeat their success, or does Sylacauga have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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