Oak Mountain is 7-0 against Hewitt-Trussville since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Oak Mountain Eagles will look to defend their home pitch against the Hewitt-Trussville Huskies at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oak Mountain has seven straight victories, Hewitt-Trussville has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, Oak Mountain kept a clean sheet against Homewood. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Patriots. Give Oak Mountain's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Nate Joiner and
Gabe Capocci, who scored both of Oak Mountain's goals. The pair have combined for a total of nine so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hewitt-Trussville suffered a tough 5-1 loss at the hands of Huntsville on Friday. Things were pretty much settled by the half as Hewitt-Trussville was already down 3-0.
Oak Mountain pushed their record up to 7-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those four matchups. As for Hewitt-Trussville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Oak Mountain came out on top in a nail-biter against Hewitt-Trussville when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will Oak Mountain repeat their success, or does Hewitt-Trussville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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