Gordo Greenwave

Friday night, the Northridge Jaguars (6-0, 3-0) took down the undefeated Gordo Green Wave (5-1, 3-0) 17-13. While these teams have deep football roots in Tuscaloosa county, this is the first time that both teams have played. Junior Northridge running back LiEric Street led the Jaguar offense by rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

One of the most anticipated West Alabama high school football matchups of the week has been moved. The Gordo Greenwave (5-0, 3-0) was scheduled to host the Northridge Jaguars (5-0, 3-0) on Thursday at Pickens County High School. The kickoff has been moved to Friday Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at Pickens County High School.

This week, many of the Tuscaloosa-area schools are looking at off weeks, but many other schools in west; Alabama are taking on cross-division and even cross-class showdowns. These may not affect playoff races, but they can definitely halt some of the valuable momentum that teams have been storing as they progress through the season.

Last week, Tuscaloosa-area schools didn’t look great. Besides a miracle in Wetumpka by Hillcrest, west Alabama was full of blowouts. Still, this week provides several big area matchups that could be big statement wins for a few schools in a rut.

As another electric week of high school football in the state of Alabama comes to an end, some teams in the Tuscaloosa area are looking fierce early on.

The Gordo Greenwave (2-0, 0-0) won its home opener against the Aliceville Yellow Jackets (1-1, 0-0) tonight 30-12 at Pickens County High School. The Greenwave is playing its home games at Pickens County High School due to stadium construction.

Hillcrest @ Tuscaloosa Co:  It's the 24th meeting between big red and big blue in Tuscaloosa County that has lately been dominated by Hillcrest who has won 5 in a row!  You can hear it live on 95.3 The Bear...2 freshman quarterbacks, 2 talented running backs and both teams are looking for their first win of the season...

Last night Hillcrest defeated some dude named Sydney Lanier 10-3 according to the Dr Pepper scoreboard, as Nassir Boyd had 130 yards rushing.  Hillcrest plays the winner of Daphne-Wetumpka next week. The Northside Rams just might be the best team Samantha has ever seen and they can prove it tonight...

Tuscaloosa Co versus Hillcrest is always big but the 1-4 Wildcats are searching for identity according to the Tuscaloosa News.  To me THIS IS THE ONE...this is where ya draw the line in the sand and try to win with the run game.  Run Estes, Run Evans and run away from Hillcrest's Tyler Fredrick, who's fast, strong and a great tackler...

So whats in the water in Pickens County these days.  It must be some good stuff because Pickens County is rep-a-sentin' in this years 2016 AHSAA playoffs.  This Friday night Pickens County travels to Decatur Heritage as Aliceville hosts Elba and Gordo entertains Bayside Academy...