After two hard-fought weeks of football, Stanhope Elmore has yet to see itself on the right side of the scoreboard.
A scrimmage loss to Opelika was followed by another one-possession loss to Prattville and it has left the Mustangs with a bad taste in their mouths. But coach Brian Bradford believes it has set them up for success with region play on the horizon.
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