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 a 189 events over the Sept. 17-23 time period with 103 football games and 86 volleyball matches already scheduled on the NFHS Network live-stream portal.
The Bucks (3-1) and Indians (2-2) met for the first time in school history last year at JSU with Wetumpka winning 23-7. The Class 6A, non-region battle between two teams located five hours apart will be produced by NFHS Network TV partner WOTM under the direction of executive producer Vince Earley.
The game will be live-streamed over the NFHS Network subscriber-based program and will also be available on the network of cable stations that have joined the WOTM Network in Alabama. Tommy Wood and Rick Rhoades will be handling the commentary for the WOTM/NFHS Network production.
Earley also announced the lineup of AHSAA TV Network Game of the Week pairings for the two following Thursdays. Class 1A Spring Garden vs. Class 2A Sand Rock will be the featured game Sept. 26, and Class 7A Hoover will travel to Tuscaloosa County for the AHSAA Game of the Week on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Coach Tim Perry’s Indians are coming off a heart-breaking 33-32 loss to Region 3 rival Opelika last week, and Coach Keith Henderson’s Bucks are riding a two-game win streak with a 36-35 win over Hazel Green and a 24-7 win over Albertville and currently sit atop the Region 8 standings tied with Fort Payne (4-0) with a 2-0 region record.
Wetumpka, which was 13-2 in 2017 and reached the Class 6A state finals, is currently 1-1 in Region 3. The Indians were 11-3 last season falling to Saraland in the Class 6A semifinals 22-21. Perry, now in his ninth season as head coach, has compiled a 55-33 record during that tenure – leading the Indians to the school’s 500th win in his first season in 2014 and to their 550th win last year. He recorded his 200th career coaching win last season.
Wetumpka, which started football in 1902, is 552-449-33 in its storied history – which includes tenures of outstanding coaches such as Jack Ray, Stokely Bazemore, Sheldon Darnell and John Maddaloni.
Buckhorn finished 2-8 last season but has started hot this season with its only loss coming to Class 7A Florence. Henderson, a veteran head coach who has also had head-coaching stints at Grissom and Sparkman, has the Bucks off to their best start since 2015 – the last year Buckhorn made the state playoffs.
Quarterback Tyquan Rawls is the offensive leader for Wetumpka. He stepped in last year with big play after big play all season long to lead the Indians to the semifinals. He rushed for 220 yards and passed for 101 last week versus Opelika with a touchdown run covering 82 yards.
Buckhorn quarterback Brandon McNeal has been the leader on offense. The Bucks also have a strong senior presence with 27 this season. McNeal passed for 282 yards in Buckhorn’s one-point win over Hazel Green. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The complete AHSAA schedule of events set to be livestreamed over the NFHS Network tonight through September 23 can be found at the following link:
http://www.ahsaa.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=tSv_6kbZPwg%3d&portalid=0
A subscription allows the viewer access to any events on the NFHS Network. Monthly and yearly subscriptions are available. For more information on how to subscribe, go to the following link:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/subscribe/retail
For information concerning the AHSAA TV Network’s cable availability, got to the following link:
http://www.ahsaa.com/Media/AHSAANOW/News-Articles/ahsaa-signs-3-year-tv-agreement-with-nfhs-network-alabama-cable-network
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