The 2022 high school football season officially begins tonight!
Nearly 30 games are scheduled nationwide, including Gulf Shores in St. Michael, Mountain Brook in Vestavia Hills and Muscle Shoals in Bob Jones.
TIED TOGETHER: Predictions for week 1
Also, the two-day AHSAA Kickoff Classic begins in Montgomery with Shelby County rivals Chelsea and Helena battling at the Cramton Bowl. Hoover will face Auburn in Part 2 on Friday night.
Check back often tonight for updates, highlights, and photos.
10:32 p.m., further final scores: JU Blacksher 50, JF Shields 0; JB Pennington 19, Hayden 12; 49 LaGrange (Ga.), 20 Smiths Station; Linden 14, Choctaw County 0; Locust Fork 58, Appalachia 32; Spring Garden 40, Sand Rocks 8; Thorsby 44, Jemison 33.
10:21 p.m., finals, we have finals: Elmore County 35-17 over Marbury breaks 10-game losing streak; 34 Gulf Shores, 27 St. Michael; Winfield 28, Dora 22; 42 Northside Methodist, Houston County 20; Lauderdale County 54, Gerber 30; 18 Woodlawn, 15 Bessemer City.
9:50 p.m., more results: These are finals – Athens 49, East Limestone 14; Andalusia 35, Opp 7; Fayette County 28, Cordova 24; Trinity 34, BT Washington 16; Ashville 26, St Clair County 21; Etowah 35, Springville 0; Brooks 48, Colbert County 21; Fairview 51, Colombia 0; Helena 28, Chelsea 6; Arabs 47, Albertville 14; Geraldine 36, Coosa Christian 7. Still playing (or not reporting final yet) – Lauderdale County 54, Tanner 30; Spring Garden 33, Sand Rock 0; 16 Northside Methodist, Houston County 6.
9:40 p.m., some finals, others not: Athens lashes East Limestone 49-14 to open season … Lee-Scott empties Chambers Academy 33-0. … With just over 4 minutes to go Andalucia crosses Opp with a 35-7 lead. … Muscle Shoals beats Bob Jones 31-7. … Gulf Shores replies to St. Michael to capitalize on a 34-14 advantage.
9:26 p.m., It’s a finale: Chris Yeager takes his eighth straight season-opening win as Mountain Brook spoils Robert Evans’ Vestavia Hills debut by 24-14. … Trinity-Ups lead BT Washington 34-16 with about 6 minutes to go. … Emerson Russell puts Chelsea on the board, but the Hornets trail Helena 28-6 in fourth place. … Sheffield leads Elkmont 40-12 after three quarters.
9:06 p.m., dolphins under control: Gulf Shores leads St. Michael 28-7 at the end of the third quarter in the third at Fairhope. JR Gardner got the newest TD for Mark Hudspeth’s team. … Mountain Brook gets a John Colvin-to-Rob Gillespie for a 5-yard score to put the Spartans 24-14 with 7-16 in the game. … Trinity leads BT Washington 17-8 after a QB Walker McClinton touchdown. … Heading into the fourth, Muscle Shoals leads Bob Jones 24-0. … Lauderdale County 41, Tanner 17 in the third.
8:50 p.m., closing of the gap: Vestavia Hill’s QB John Paul Head goes 44 yards and the Rebels get the 2-point conversion to take the tight Mountain Brook lead to 17-14 with 5:26 remaining in the third. … Tallassee led 19-0 on Reeltown at halftime. … Blue Devils lead Springville 21-0 early in the third quarter in Etowah. … Andalusia leads Opp 22-0 in the third period.
8:35 p.m., half-time score and more: Geraldine leads Coosa Christian 33-0 at the half. … Athens dominates, East Limestone leads 49:7 at half-time. … Lauderdale County at halftime 34-17 over Tanner. …Mountain Brook opens the second half with a TD drive topped by a 3-yard run from Cole Gamble. It’s 17-6 Spartans. … Elmore County leads 22-14 over Marbury at the half.
8:20 p.m., More scores – some a little out of control: By the end of the first quarter, Andalucia was 20-0 ahead of rival Opp. … Helena QB Dalton Lewellyn scored on a 9-yard counterplay with 3:08 at halftime to help the Huskies at the AHSAA Kickoff Classic at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery 21-0 lead against Chelsea. … In the half, Arabs leads Albertville 40-7. … Athens leads 42:7 against East Limestone just under 4 minutes before half-time.
7:55 p.m. Transition to halftime in some locations: Vestavia Hills comes on board, the first points of the Robert Evans era come with a 10-yard pass from John Paul Head-to-Keown Richardson. Mountain Brook leads 10-6 at the half. … whoops. Alexandria-Hokes Bluff is a jamboree game, so we’ll politely pass on the rest of their “game” now that the youngsters are playing. … Smiths Station leads down the street at LaGrange, Ga., 13-7, in the middle of the second. … Gulf Shores scores 21 unanswered to lead St. Michael 21-7 with 5:52 at the half. … Muscle Shoals 17-0 over Bob Jones at halftime. … Lauderdale County 27, Tanner 17 early in the second quarter.
7:45 p.m., let’s come back to this one more time: Mountain Brook’s John Colvin hits Clark Sanderson for a 17-yard touchdown to give the Spartans a 4-46 lead at the half against Vestavia Hills 10-0. … Alexandria takes a 14:7 lead on Hokes Bluff. … Tallassee leads Reeltown 12-0 after a TD run from Tyler Ellis. … late in the first quarter in Athens and the home team leads East Limestone 22-7.
7:40 p.m., some scores: Arab 20, Albertville 0 after one. … Helena 14, Chelsea 0, still first. … Muscle Shoals 10, Bob Jones 0 after one. … Trinity 13, BT Washington 8, after one. … Brooks 14, Colbert County 0 late in the first. … 7 Gulf Shores, 7 St. Michael, end of the first. … Elmore County leads 10-7 against Marbury late in the first round. … Lee-Scott Academy leads Chambers 9-0 in the first. … Tallassee leads Reeltown 6-0.
7:28pm, Spartans lead in former Coordinator’s Vestavia Hills debut: Mountain Brook leads 3-0 against Vestavia Hills at the start of the second period. Vestavia Hills’ new coach is Robert Evans, who came over from his job as offensive coordinator at Mountain Brook. …Athens scored on their first two drives to lead 22-0 against East Limestone in the first quarter. … Eli Frost has three TDs for Fairview with 5-16 in the opening quarter to lead Columbia 20-0. … Tanner leads Lauderdale County 14-12. The Rattlers got an 80-yard TD pass from Karl Parham to Jerrick Thompson.
7:17 p.m., early on board: Helena’s Jordan Washington fought his way through several Chelsea wannabe tacklers on the opening kickoff to go 86 yards and then hit on a 2-yard run to give the Huskies a 7-0 lead in the AHSAA Kickoff Classic. … Marbury’s Carsyn Cobb went for over 70 yards on the Bulldogs’ first snap to lead Elmore County 7-0. … Alexandria leads Hoke’s bluff 7-0 on a 35-yard TD pass by Ty Brown to TK Downie.
7:07 p.m., It’s on, y’all! St. Michael goes for sneak kick and it pays off. It’s 7-0 over Gulf Shores.
5:04 p.m., no rain …: Despite heavy rain in southern Alabama this morning, officials say the Gulf Shores vs. St. Michael game at Fairhope Municipal Stadium tonight is still pending. Spanish Fort and Fairhope High are scheduled to play at the same stadium on Friday night.
4 p.m., welcome back: Mobile County Superintendent Chresal Threadgill confirmed today that 4 MCPSS schools will play at historic Ladd-Peebles Stadium in 2022. MCPSS officials said last fall teams would not play at Ladd again after two shootings over the course of three years. Read the full story and check out the Ladd schedule here.
SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT
Jamboree games not included
Appalachia near Locust Fork
Arabs in Albertville
Bessemer City near Woodlawn
Creeks in Colbert County
BTW- Tuskegee at Trinity
Chelsea vs. Helena (AHSAA Kickoff Classic)
Eastern Limestone near Athens
Fairview in Columbia
Fayette County near Cordova
Geraldine at Coosa Christian
Gulf Coasts at St. Michael
Houston Co. at Northside Methodist
JU Blacksher at JF Shields
Jemison in Thorsby
LaGrange (Ga.) at Smiths Station
Lauderdale County near Tanner
Lee Scott at Chambers Academy
Lime trees in Choctaw County
Marbury in Elmore County
Mountain stream at Vestavia Hills
Muscle shoals at Bob Jones
Opp in Andalusia
Reeltown near Tallassee
Sand rocks in the Spring Garden
Sheffield near Elkmont
Springville near Etowah
St Clair County near Ashville
Winfield at Dora