Alabama High School Football

The Northside Rams (8-2, 5-1) won a nail bitter versus the Deshler Tigers (6-3 ,5-2) in the first round of the Class 4A AHSAA Playoffs.

American Christian Academy needed just nine plays to put its first playoff game out of reach, as the Patriots cruised to a 65-21 win over Geneva.

In the second to last week in West Alabama High School football, the Tuscaloosa Academy Knights fell to the Monroe Academy Volunteers by a score of 40-33.

Paul W. Bryant has forfeited its game against region rival Hillcrest this Friday for reasons related to COVID-19, Hillcrest coach Sam Adams told Tide 100.9.

In a special Thursday edition of "Friday Night Lights," the Paul W.Bryant High School Stampede defeated the Brookwood Panthers by a score of 33-23.

Tropical Storm Delta is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico and is expecting to make landfall on Thursday night or early Friday morning. Delta could be a Category 1 or 2 hurricane when it does reach landfall. Due to the poor weather conditions, many West Alabama high school games have been moved from Friday, Oct. 10 to Thursday Oct. 9.

The ACA Patriots (6-0, 4-0) proved tonight why they are the top ranked team in 4A, beating the Ironmen of Holt High School (2-5, 2-3) 54-19 in a game that was lopsided from start to finish.

The Escambia Academy Cougars took on the Tuscaloosa Academy Knights tonight and defeated them 28-13. The Cougars, led by Junior RB Bubba Nettles, who ran for over 200 rushing yards on 24 carries with 2 TD, kept this game out of reach from the beginning, dominating on both sides of the ball.

Tonight's high school football matchup between the Sipsey Valley Bears (0-5, 0-3) and the Brookwood Panthers (0-5, 0-3) has been cancelled by Sipsey Valley due to COVID-19 concerns.

Hamilton was completely smothered by Northside on Friday evening as the Rams kept their home win streak alive, comfortably, by a score of 36-0.