234 Events Planned by NFHS Network SBP Schools Sept. 4 – Sept. 12     MONTGOMERY – Two Birmingham neighbors, Minor and Jackson-Olin high schools, will square off in the AHSAA TV Network’s Football Game of the Week Thursday night as the prep season moved to Week 2.      In addition, the NFHS Network’s AHSAA School…

189 Events Planned by NFHS Network SBP Schools Sept. 17-23 MONTGOMERY – Buckhorn High School and Wetumpka High School will meet Thursday night at Jacksonville State University’s Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium in the AHSAA TV Network/NFHS Network Football Game of the Week.      In addition, the NFHS Network’s AHSAA School Broadcast Program will live-stream…

184 Events Planned by NFHS Network SBP Schools Sept. 24-30     MONTGOMERY – Class 2A Sand Rock and Class 1A Spring Garden high schools have met 30 times since 1969 – the first year the basketball-rich Panthers fielded a football team. The Wildcats have won the Cherokee County bragging rights 24 times.     The last…

Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS Executive Director When the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey was released by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in August, many headlines across the country focused on the drop in the number of boys playing 11-player football. After all, the report showed 30,829 fewer participants than…

More than 150 Events Planned by NFHS Network SBP Schools     MONTGOMERY – Class 7A, Region 3 rivals Tuscaloosa County (0-5) and Hoover (4-1) bring storied histories into tonight’s AHSAA TV Network/NFHS Network Game of the Week. WOTM TV, under the direction of executive producer Vince Earley, is producing the contest – the sixth in…

    MONTGOMERY – Upstart Class 2A, Region 4 rivals Thorsby and Fayetteville square off in tonight’s AHSAA TV Network/NFHS Network Game of the Week. WOTM TV, under the direction of executive producer Vince Earley, is producing the contest – the seventh in the 2019 Game-of-the Week series.      The game will be live-streamed over the NFHS…

177 Events Planned by NFHS Network SBP Schools     MONTGOMERY – White Plains High School’s football program has only had six head coaches in its 48 years since playing its first season in 1972. However, Coach Chandler Tyree, in his first season at the helm, is the fourth head coach in the program this decade.…

50 AHSAA Football Contests Planned Thursday Night     MONTGOMERY –A total of 50 AHSAA high school football contests will be played Thursday night, October 24, several moved from Friday to avoid potential inclement weather.      Among them is Briarwood Christian in Class 5A, Region 4 – the AHSAA TV Network/NFHS Network Game of the Week.…

MONTGOMERY – Senior place-kicker Cole Porch’s 54-yard field goal in the final moments of the fourth quarter Friday night tied the Aggies’ Class 5A, Region 5 battle with Talladega County rival Munford at 22 all.      His teammates responded by posting a touchdown in overtime to win the key region contest 29-22 to clinch the…