While the last two meetings between Elmore County and Tallassee still had bragging rights on the line, there was not much else putting pressure on the teams. They met in the regular season finales with neither team preparing for a playoff game but now, with the two teams moving into Class 5A Region 4 together, this season’s meeting has more at stake.

Tallassee (0-3, 0-1) and Elmore County (1-3, 0-2) are the only two teams in the region still searching for their first win in region play. This game could serve as an elimination game in the race for a postseason spot and for two teams looking to end a playoff drought, the pressure is building entering Friday’s game.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.