The RCHS defense used a bend-but-don’t-break first-half performance to set the stage for a dominant second half as the Tigers earned their second shutout in their past three games with a 41-0 win over Ranburne on the road Friday. Offensively the song remained the same for the Tigers who pounded their way to 416 rushing…

Mo Winston ran for two touchdowns and had a kickoff return for another score, and quarterback Rhett Huddleston threw three touchdown passes as RCHS remained unbeaten with a 44-21 win over Lee-Scott Friday in Wedowee. Winston finished with 24 carries for 274 yards and added a 95-yard kickoff return as the Tigers built a 26-14…

As Handley continues its quest to identify its go-to playmakers in this early part of the season, the options seem to become more plentiful with each passing week. Handley saw four different players score its five touchdowns as the Tigers rode a 28-0 first quarter to a 35-14 victory over Cleburne County Friday in Roanoke.…

The Wadley Bulldogs have Jaquez Wilkes, a four-star athlete who rushed for over 300 yards in their game against Horseshoe Bend last week. So naturally this week’s opponent, the Fayetteville Wolves, made Wilkes the focus of their defensive game plan. Wadley’s response? A 61-14 Wadley win in which the Bulldogs’ “other” running back erupted for…

Ranburne scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half, and Woodland’s offense continued its early season search for any kind of rhythm as the Bulldogs knocked off the Bobcats 23-6 in Woodland Friday. Several games throughout the state were delayed by lightning and/or weather of some kind, and this game was no exception, as distant…

If you wanted to be corny you could call Friday’s game between Clay Central and Handley a “Soap” opera. If only it were that dramatic. Clay Central quarterback Deshaun “Soap” Gibbons put on an offensive display in the first half, rushing for two touchdowns and throwing for two more as Central cruised to a 40-7…

Most coaches will tell you that a team’s growth between the first and second games of the season is exponential. A less common version of that philosophy is to hear how much a team grows from the first half of the first game to the second half of that same game. But that’s the observation…

If you were looking to put a positive spin on Woodland’s 53-6 preseason loss to Beulah Thursday you could say that in eight offensive possessions Woodland only punted once. Of course that would be ignoring the fact that the Bobcats committed six turnovers and only managed to find the end zone one time. It was…

Three local football teams are ranked in their respective classifications in the Alabama Sportswriters Association’s (ASWA) preseason top 10 rankings released this morning, and one other team received votes and finished just outside the top 10. Wadley received the highest ranking among the local teams and matched their highest preseason ranking ever as the Bulldogs…