John Perry
The Rebels' Nolan Turner (22) tries to haul in a pass from Brett Jones (6) against Hewitt-Trussville.
The Vestavia HIlls Rebels, stinging from a tough road loss at Hewitt-Trussville, stay on the road Friday, taking on their rivals from Mountain Brook.
Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Spartan Stadium.
The Rebels (2-1, 1-1 Class 7A, Region 3) dropped a 28-12 decision to the Huskies for their first loss of the season. The Spartans (1-2, 0-2) aren't in a great mood either. They won their opener in thrilling fashion over Huntsville 16-14, then dropped identical 21-14 decisions to Class 7A top-ranked Hoover and to surprising Thompson.
The Rebels lost for the first time ever to Hewitt.
Vestavia Hills coach Buddy Anderson saw his team outphysicaled for the first time this season. “They’ve got a good football team,” Anderson said. “We’ve got work to do up front. We hurt ourselves.”
The Rebels threatened early after Hewitt-Trussville scored on a methodical 87-yard drive in the first quarter. Vestavia Hills drove 82 yards to the Hewitt 5-yard line, and looked as though it would punch it in with first-and-goal, but the Husky defense thought otherwise.
“We should’ve scored on the drive early, but we blew three assignments and had three bad plays. You can’t do that against a good football team,” Anderson said. “We just have to learn from that.”
Vestavia Hills is led by quarterback Brett Jones and running back Walker Minor and defensive linemen Alex Robin and Clayton Farris.
The Spartans' Connor Adair and Sims Herron hooked up for two touchdown passes last week. Mountain Brook coach Chris Yeager is still sitting on career win No. 99.
