WETUMPKA, STANHOPE ELMORE CLASH IN ANNUAL RIVALRY GAME

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

Wetumpka head coach Bear Woods will get his first taste of coaching in a rivalry game this weekend.

Woods and his Wetumpka Indians football team hit the road this Friday for a matchup with Stanhope Elmore in a AHSAA Class 6A, Region 2 showdown.

Wetumpka and Stanhope are each team’s biggest rival, and the two schools have faced each other every single year since 1970, and have even

Tallassee has won six consecutive games over Elmore County.

Elmore County’s defense is allowing 19.8 points per game this year. Tallassee is allowing 17.7.

NEXT UP: Elmore County hosts Beauregard; Tallassee hosts Valley.

WETUMPKA (5-1)

AT STANHOPE ELMORE (1-4)

The Players

Wetumpka: QB Nate Rogers completed 7 of 16 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown last week; he also rushed fro 106 yards and two touchdowns. … RB

Mike Dillard scored two rushing touchdowns last week. … S Dorion Jackson scored his first defensive touchdown of the season on a pick-six.

Stanhope Elmore: QB Jacob Bryant has thrown 10 touchdowns passes this season. … WR Jackson Thomas has scored multiple touchdowns in three games this year and has

See CAPSULES, Page B2 faced each other twice in a season before due to playoffs.

Out of the 53 total matchups, 45 of them had extra importance as they were region games. Stanhope Elmore leads the overall series 32-21, but the Indians won last year’s matchup at home.

“For me, it’s another region football game,” Woods said. “For everyone who has been involved in this community, it’s a game that makes sports fun. This one game can be talked about more than the whole season, no matter if the season goes good or bad. This game

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