High school sports

The Pickens County Tornadoes (8-3, 6-1) bounced back from last week's defeat to rival Gordo by defeating the Woodville Panthers (5-6, 4-2) in the first round of the AHSAA Class 1A Playoffs 33-8.

The Pickens County Tornados (7-2, 6-1) defeated the South Lamar Stallions (1-8, 1-6) 26-6 tonight at home in the final region contest of the year for both schools.

On Thursday night, the Greensboro Raiders (4-4, 3-2) defeated the Hale County Wildcats (5-4, 2-4) in the game known as, "The Battle for Hale County."

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.

The Thomasville Tigers (7-0, 4-0) traveled to Moundville, Alabama on a special Thursday night football game to take on the Hale County Wildcats (6-3, 2-3). The Tigers came up with a huge win to remain undefeated with a final score of 45-20.

The Tuscaloosa County Wildcats (1-4) won against the Gadsden City Titans (3-3) in a close game on Friday night.

Bailey broke his collarbone on the Greenwave's final offensive play. Bailey had led his offense down to the 15-yard line and was attempting to orchestrate a go-ahead touchdown with 30-seconds left in the contest. The four-star quarterback rolled to his left, extending a play, but was sacked and…

It was a tale of two halves at Falcon Field Friday night, as the Central Falcons (2-3, 1-2) hosted their crosstown rival, the Paul W. Bryant Stampede (2-4, 2-2).

With the stands packed to the brim and the lights shining bright, Hale County put on a show for their home crowd. They'd lost the last few homecomings and definitely didn’t want to watch another slip away.

Up against an undefeated Hillcrest (4-1), it was a battle of the mind to see who would remain unphased in a high-stakes game that came down to the very last second...again.