Oak Mountain hasn't had much luck against Hewitt-Trussville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Oak Mountain Eagles will face off against the Hewitt-Trussville Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Oak Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
Oak Mountain is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Vestavia Hills on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Oak Mountain had to suffer through a 42-14 loss at the hands of Vestavia Hills. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Rebels are ranked 18th).
Defeat or not, Oak Mountain got some senior leadership from Will O'Dell and Zach Fitzgerald. O'Dell threw for 293 yards and a touchdown, while Fitzgerald picked up 168 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 168 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Fitzgerald.
Meanwhile, after only ten points in their last match, Hewitt-Trussville made sure to put some points up on the board against Prattville on Friday. Hewitt-Trussville blew past Prattville, posting a 49-7 victory at home. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 21 points or more this season.
Noah Dobbins continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 238 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 67 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Dylan Cope also helped out with an impressive 104 receiving yards.
Oak Mountain now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Hewitt-Trussville, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Friday's game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: O'Dell and Dobbins. O'Dell has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 194 passing yards and has 5 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Dobbins has averaged 138.5 passing yards and has 13 passing touchdowns on the season.
Oak Mountain took a serious blow against Hewitt-Trussville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 42-7. Thankfully for Oak Mountain, Peyton Floyd (who threw for 235 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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