The Millbrook-based rollercoaster that is Stanhope Elmore flag football crested a hilltop Thursday night at 17 Springs, defeating Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee) 32-6.

ā€œWe’ve been up and down all season,ā€ said Mustangs coach Kashundra Davis. ā€œFor some reason we get off to slow starts and it takes a while to get our bearings. We speed ourselves up. Sometimes we beat ourselves. Tonight we were beating ourselves, but we got it together at the end.ā€

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Lizi Arbogast / TPI Stanhope Elmore's Aryanna Ivey (26) stretches out to avoid a tackle against Booker T. Washington on Thursday night.