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Oak Mountain wide receiver Zach Fitzgerald (2) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain quarterback Will O'Dell (18) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville quarterback Zach Benedict (15) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain defensive back Cole Kelly (33) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain running back Judson Sachs (26) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back CJ Davis (11) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back CJ Davis (11) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back Deuce Alston (2) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville quarterback Noah Dobbins (3) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain Auxiliary at a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back Steven Fisher (21) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back Jaden Berry (33) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain head coach Shane McComb (HC) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville defensive back TJ Rogers (24) recovers the fumble in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain lineman in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain quarterback Will O'Dell (18) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville running back CJ Davis (11) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Hewitt-Trussville defensive back Matthew Dobbins (84) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain band performs in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain's band performs in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain's band performs in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain wide receiver Zach Fitzgerald (2), team captain, in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain cheerleaders at a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain quarterback Will O'Dell (18) hands off to Oak Mountain running back Judson Sachs (26) in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Oak Mountain fumble is up for grabs in a game against Hewitt-Trussville and Oak Mountain at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
Hewitt-Trussville High School needed only four plays and 57 seconds to jump out to an early lead and never looked back, as the Huskies plowed over Oak Mountain 63-0 in Class 7A, Region 3 action at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium.
Hewitt-Trussville amassed 471 yards of total offense, led the running back tandem of Deuce Alston and C.J. Davis each with three rushing touchdowns on the night. Defensively, the Huskies frustrated the Oak Mountain offense all night long, dropping the Eagles for a loss of yards on 10 of the Eagles' 44 offensive plays.
Hewitt-Trussville head coach Josh Floyd said he felt this was one of the 2024 team's most complete games from start to finish and that the offense, which has put up 112 points in the last two games, is peaking at the right time.
“I thought our guys did a great job taking care of business. The defense continued to play really, really good football and I thought our offense played well setting the tone early,” Floyd said.
“We’ve had two weeks in a row where we really came out well. We’ve been fine defensively, we just haven’t come out great offensively,” Floyd added. “It was great to jump on it these last two weeks and we did a little bit of a better job finishing the game this week than last, so I was proud of that.”
After forcing a quick three-and-out on Oak Mountain to start the game, Hewitt-Trussville scored on a four-play, 43-yard drive, capped off by an 8-yard run by Alston. The rest of the first quarter was an arduous one for the Eagles' defense, as the Huskies scored three more times. Davis scored on a 1-yard leap over the line, followed by Noah Dobbins’ lone touchdown pass on a 4-yard fade to Will Phillips. Alston scored his second touchdown of the night on 52-yard scamper to give Hewitt-Trussville a 28-0 at the end of the first quarter.
The Huskies poured on two more touchdowns in the second quarter, a 27-yard run by Davis and a 2-yard run by backup quarterback Parker Floyd to take a 42-0 lead into halftime.
Alston found the end zone for the third time with just eight minutes to play in the third quarter, dashing 32 yards to put Hewitt up 49-0. Davis scored his third touchdown just two minutes later punching it in from the 1 yard line, to push Hewitt-Trussville’s lead to 55–0. Sophomore Jaden Berry scored in the fourth quarter from 38 yards out in mop-up duty midway through the 4th.
With the win, Hewitt-Trussville improves to 7-2 overall, 4-2 in Region 3, while Oak Mountain falls to 3-5 overall, 1-5 in region play. Oak Mountain coach Shane McComb didn’t have much to say regarding the Eagles’ performance, especially after hanging tough with Vestavia Hills last week and showing much improvement over a 1-win season in 2023.
“We have five of our starters out, but we didn’t come ready to play tonight. That's the worst we’ve played all season long,” McComb said. “We’ve got to get these guys back to being positive and play like we have the rest of the season. That was a horrible game.”
Hewitt-Trussville had 471 yards of total offense, 363 rushing and 108 passing. Alston led all rushers with 153 yards on eight carries and three touchdowns, followed by Dobbins with 72 yards on four carries, and Davis with 10 carries for 68 and three scores. Dobbins completed 9-of-10 pass attempts for 89 yards and a touchdown. Dylan Cope was Hewitt-Trussville’s leading receiver with four catches for 38 yards, followed by D.J. Hall with one catch for 22 yards.
Oak Mountain was held to 120 yards with 57 rushing yards and 63 passing yards. Quarterback Will O'Dell was the Eagles’ leading rusher with 35 yards on 10 attempts. O'Dell completed 10-of-18 passes for 63 yards, with Zach Fitzgerald catching six passes for 29 yards.
Next Friday, Oak Mountain hosts Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa and Hewitt-Trussville travels to Tuscaloosa County in the region finale for both teams.
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