Mountain Brook @ Spain Park - Football - al.com
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Mountain Brook's Mark Rector bulls his way into the end zone despite the efforts of Spain Park's Justin Carter on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. (Butch Dill)
Any football team facing as potent an offense as the one Mountain Brook puts on the field needs to put as much space between the Spartans and the end zone as possible.
Give the Spartans the ball inside the 15 twice? Your lottery-winning odds are probably better.
Quarterback Edward Aldag threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third and Mark Rector pounded out two more scores to lead visiting Mountain Brook to a 35-7 thrashing of Spain Park in a Class 6A, Region 6 game.
"We were prepared, our coaches prepared us so well for this game, everything was clicking," said Aldag, who completed 15 of 21 passes for 159 yards and also rushed for 51 yards. "The offensive line did incredible, Mark ran the ball great, the receivers did an outstanding job of getting open and catching the ball."
With three drives, 11 plays, and 27 yards the fourth-ranked Spartans (6-0, 4-0) took advantage of a pair of special teams errors and did all they needed to do to subdue the Jags (3-3, 2-2) in the first six minutes of the first quarter.
On its first drive of the game, Mountain Brook took over the ball at the Jags 13 after a 9-yard Spain Park punt. Two plays later Aldag scored on a 14-yard run for a 7-0 Spartans lead.
Spain Park muffed a punt with 6:29 left in the first quarter, giving the Spartans the ball at the Jags 13. Aldag hit Coates Doss with a 4-yard scoring pass four plays later for a 14-0 lead.
"We probably got off to the worst start we could have and a good football team capitalizes and that's what they did," Spain Park coach Chip Lindsey said.
"A lot of our stuff is self-inflicted, which puts us in a bad spot and a good defense doesn't let you execute. So until we decide that we're going to play more mistake-free football, then we're going to continue to struggle."
Rector, who finished with 116 yards rushing — 91 of those coming in the second half to salt away the win — added a 5-yard scoring run with 2:17 left in the half to make it 21-0 and scored on a 3-yard run with 3:29 left in the game.
"We can improve in every facet of the game, but I think that as the weeks go by we continue to get better," Rector said.
Aldag and Gavin Golsan, who finished with a game-high 87 receiving yards, teamed up for a 16-yard scoring pass with 7:11 left in the third quarter.
Sean Mardis scored Spain Park's lone touchdown on an 18-yard run in the third quarter. Jags quarterback Nick Mullens completed 25 of 38 passes for 245 yards.
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