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Traveling to Sumiton on a wet rainy night, the Lions opened Region 5 play against the Sumition Christian Eagles. Winning the coin toss, the Eagles elected to receive. Following a sack on quarterback Jake White by Kane Rushing, the Eagles were facing third down and 16 from its own 32-yard line. Two snaps later, the ball was punted away, rolling to a stop at Hubbertville’s 34-yard line.

Fayette traveled to Sulligent to face the Blue Devils in a steady rain and lost by the score of 22-14.

Longtime FCHS employee Curt Rainey served as a honorary captain and was recognized during the Fayette - Cordova pre-game ceremony for his 40 plus years of service to Fayette County High School. He was hired at the school in Jan. 1958 as custodian, and also performed maintenance and groundskeeping work at the school until retiring in 1998. He was presented a plaque in recognition of his service during the ceremony.

On a hot, humid, sultry night in John Morgan Brown Stadium the Fayette Tigers scored two third-quarter touchdowns and hung on to defeat Cordova 12-7. The game was delayed one hour due to the excessive heat of the day, with the temperature hitting near 100 degrees earlier in the afternoon.

Opening the 2023 season, the Hubbertville Lions welcomed the Trail Blazers of University Charter School to Wiley Hollingsworth Stadium. Winning the coin toss, the Lions elected to receive the opening kick, with Kobe McCarley recovering the ball at the 30-yard line. The Lions’ opening possession was short. Facing fourth down and five from the 35-yard line, T.J. Keeton punted the ball away, setting the Blazers up at its 29-yard line.

Due to near-record temperatures this week, the kickoff for the Fayette-Cordova football game at John Morgan Brown Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 24 is being delayed until 8 p.m. Also, Hubbertville’s home game against University Charter School on Friday, Aug. 25 is starting at 7:30 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.

Fayette played host to a preseason jamboree last Friday night, prior to the start of the regular season this week. The Tigers played its first game against Northside, with the starters playing the first quarter and reserves playing the second quarter.

During Coach Jared Porter’s first season at Fayette as head coach, the team had a successful season, finishing the year with an 8-3 record, which included a trip to the high school football playoffs. However, Porter still sees room for a lot of improvement. “Our two regular season losses were to our traditional rivals, Gordo and Winfield,” Porter said. Those two losses kept us from hosting a first-round playoff game.”

Berry Head Football Coach Hunter Mims begins this season with 32 players on the roster, up 14 players from the 18 players that the team finished its 2-8 season with one year ago. This increase in numbers gives Mims a renewed optimism that this season will be much better for the Wildcats’ football team.

Hubbertville finished the 2022 football season with a 4-6 record, its first losing season since 2017. Caleb Hynds, in his third year as the head football coach at Hubbertville, seeks to turn the team’s fortune around this season, but he knows that with a very young team, that chore could be difficult.