Yellow Jackets, Eagles tangle for 69th time
Last week’s results: Glencoe 24, White Plains 12; Lincoln 21, Hokes Bluff 14
2012 meeting: Hokes Bluff 27, Glencoe 24 (OT)
Series record: Glencoe leads 39-29-1
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
When it’s Glencoe vs. Hokes Bluff, records can be thrown out the window.
When it’s Hokes Bluff vs. Glencoe, anything can and usually does happen.
There have been
Titans traveling to No. 8 Auburn
Last week’s results: Gadsden City 14, Albertville 0; Auburn 52, Sidney Lanier 26
2012 result: Auburn 49, Gadsden City 24
Series record: Auburn leads 1-0
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Two very good defenses will butt heads in this game.
“(Auburn) has the best defense I’ve seen this year,” Gadsden City coach Matt Scott said. “Everybody on that
Etowah headed down Hwy. 77
Last week’s results: Etowah 53, Columbia 7; Lincoln 21, Hokes Bluff 14
2012 result: Etowah 37, Lincoln 25
Series record: Etowah leads 3-2
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Now that the Etowah High football team has proven it can handle adversity, it’s time to show that it can handle success.
“You can’t forget what you had to do to
Panthers visiting Tigers
Last week’s results: Southside 28, Fort Payne 14; Mortimer Jordan 22, Springville 19
2012 result: Southside 41, Springville 7
Series record: Southside leads 9-2-3
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
“Get better or get worse.”
That’s the words that Ron Daugherty is preaching to his Southside High football team this week.
“If you’re not improving, you’re getting worse, because the competition
Lions aim to stifle Geraldine
Last week’s results: Sardis 51, Douglas 7; New Hope 21, Geraldine 13
Last meeting: Sardis 36, Geraldine 21
Series record: Sardis leads 21-13-1
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Two of the toughest teams around square off in this blockbuster that should be featuring two undefeated Sand Mountain squads.
“I think that they’re better than New Hope,” Sardis coach Gene
Osborne: Indians far from pushovers
Last week’s results: Westbrook 45, West End 20; Woodland 34, Ohatchee 12
2012 result: Westbrook 31, Ohatchee 18
Series record: Westbrook leads 4-3
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Don’t look for an 0-4-football team when Ohatchee High hits the field tonight (Sept 27) in Rainbow City.
Instead, watch a good team that had a very tough early schedule that
Bulldogs shake off tough region defeat
Last week’s results: NSM 24, Gaston 20; Wadley 32, TCC 24
2012 result: Wadley 22, Gaston 6
Series record: Wadley leads 2-1
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
A loss last week didn’t doom the playoff chances of Gaston High. In fact, were the season to end today, the Bulldogs would be in the postseason with a No. 4
Conquerors welcome region foe Gaylesville
Last week’s results: Spring Garden 34, Coosa 7; Valley Head 33, Gaylesville 7
2012 result: Gaylesville 40, Coosa 13
Series record: Gaylesville leads 5-4
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Facing murderers’ row for six weeks in a row, Coosa Christian can’t catch a break.
Gaylesville visits Mosquito Alley tonight (Sept. 27).
“(The Trojans) were picked by most to win
Four quarters = win for Patriots
Last week’s results: Westbrook 45, West End 20; Piedmont 55, Cleveland 7
2012 result: Cleveland 35, West End 6
Series record: West End leads 15-6
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
West End High is still looking to put together four quarters of football.
When that happens, a win could very well be in the making.
“In the