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High School Football Summary
Last week Results (Nov. 17th) BTW 22, Handley 9 St. James 41, RCHS 6 Wadley 81, S. Lamar 27 Standout performances Mo Winston, RCHS: 17 car., 74 yards, TD Jaquez Wilkes, Wadley: 16 car., 187 yards, 3 TD Cortavion Lynch, Wadley: 12 car., 190 yards, 3 TD Frisco Robertson, Wadley: Int. ret. TD, punt ret.…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley sets school record in second round win; Handley, RCHS eliminated
A week after setting the school record for points in a game, Handley’s offense found much more potent resistance in the defense of Booker T. Washington Friday in Tuskegee, and the result was a 22-9 defeat that gave Handley its earliest playoff exit since a second-round loss in 2019. Big plays in the passing game…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: An upset in Lineville, a rally in Wedowee and a romp in Roanoke
In the battle of the two winningest coaches in the history of Alabama high school football, No. 1 stunned No. 2 as Terry Curtis’s fourth-seeded UMS-Wright team came to Lineville and knocked off Danny Horn’s top-seeded Clay Central 7-0 in Friday’s Class 5A first-round playoff game. The two coaches drummed up a dueling defensive masterpiece…
Read MoreFootball Thursday Night: Wadley cruises in round one
The last time Wadley and Cedar Bluff met, Wadley lost on a heartbreaking go-ahead touchdown pass in the final minute of a 2015 playoff game. And if there’s such a thing as an exact opposite of a last-second loss, Wadley’s first-round playoff reunion with Cedar Bluff Thursday night was it. The Bulldogs led from start…
Read MorePlayoff preview: Wadley, RCHS, Handley and Clay Central start playoff journeys this week
Many people love November because they see it as the start of the Christmas season. (Whether that’s actually true is up for debate. I’ll just say that your Christmas season can start whenever you believe it does. The real one starts the day after thanksgiving.) What’s not up for debate is what the month of…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley, RCHS go 9-1; Central finishes 10-0; playoff matchups set
There was very little drama in the outcome when Woodland and Wadley met Friday night in the regular season finale for both teams. The 56-21 final score tells you all you need to know in that regard. But for Wadley the game will serve as a useful tuneup as it prepares for its playoff odyssey.…
Read MoreHigh School Football Summary – October 27
Last week Results October 27 Clay Ctrl. 30, Russ. Co. 14 Handley 35, Munford 14 RCHS 32, Dadeville 22 Ranburne 64, C. Coosa 39 Isabella 55, Woodland 14 Wadley 47, TCC 0 Standout performances DaMauri Whetstone, Central: 8 touches, 90 yards, 3 TD LaDamion Boyd, Central: 18 car., 162 yards, TD Mo Winston, RCHS: 18…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: RCHS earns No. 2 seed, Horn gets 350th win
RCHS claimed the No. 2 seed out of 3A, Region 4 with a hard-fought 32-22 win over Dadeville Friday in Wedowee. Dadeville held an RCHS run attack that came into the game averaging over 300 yards per game to just 175 yards, but Avion Willis completed 8-of-10 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown and…
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Last week Results (October 20th) Clay Ctrl. 49, B’gard 7 Handley 38, Cle. Co. 14 RCHS 50, Beulah 29 Thorsby 22, Ranburne 12 Woodland 35, F’ville 27 Wadley 42, Winterboro 8 Standout performances Jaquez Wilkes, Wadley: 18 car., 302 yards, 4 TD LaDamion Boyd, Central: 21 car., 172 yards, 5 TD Mo Winston, RCHS: 19…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley, Handley claim region titles; Prestridge sets school record with win over Beulah
Before this season, the last time Wadley won a region championship the Bulldogs went on to play in the state finals. Judging by their subdued reaction to clinching the 2023 region title with an emphatic 42-8 win over Winterboro Friday, these Bulldogs also have their eyes on a much bigger prize. “These guys right here,…
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