4A Region previews: Priceville looks east for new rivals

Class 4A regions Region 7: West Morgan (5-5, 3-4), West Limestone (5-5, 3-4), East Lawrence (3-7, 2-4), Brooks (12-1, 7-0), Central (7-4, 4-3), Deshler (3-7, 2-5), Rogers (5-6, 3-4), Wilson…

Fighting back: Speegle and Mendoza have earned their way back to the field

The Daily Blitz Who: Priceville Bulldogs Coach: Chris Foster (4th season, 24-10) Last season: 10-2, 6-1 in Class 4A Region 8 Aug. 19 vs. Plainview Aug. 26 at Fairview Sept.…

Jack Smith takes over as Hartselle’s quarterback

The Daily Blitz Who: Hartselle Coach: Bryan Moore (3th season, 17-5) Last season: 10-1 overall, 7-0 in Class 6A, Region 8 Aug. 19 vs. Austin Aug. 26 vs. Jackson-Olin Sept.…

Dillard is West Morgan’s Swiss Army knife

The Daily Blitz Who: West Morgan Coach: Drew Phillips (2nd season, 5-5) Last season: 5-5 overall, 3-4 in Class 4A Region 7 8/19 at Randolph 8/26 at Ardmore 9/2 vs.…

Decatur Heritage turns to Bo Solley at quarterback

The Daily Blitz Who: Decatur Heritage Coach: Nikita Stover, 1st season Last season: 10-3 overall, 7-0 in Class 1A, Region 8 Aug. 19 at Section Aug. 26 vs. Carbon Hill…

Young returns at quarterback for Austin

The Daily Blitz Who: Austin Coach: Jeremy Perkins (13th season, 83-53) Last season: 4-6 overall, 3-4 in Class 7A, Region 4 Aug. 19 at Hartselle Aug. 26 vs. Decatur Sept.…

Austin mourns the loss of Awysum Harris

The Austin football family is mourning the death of 2019 All-State player Awysum Harris. Harris was found dead Sunday in his dorm room at Alabama State in Montgomery. A social…

West Morgan gets past Good Hope

By Decatur Daily Sports CULLMAN — Cameron Schrieber threw a 66-yard touchdown pass to Connor Dillard and added another pass to Daniel Laporte for the 2-point conversion to lift West…

Red Raiders fall short at Russellville

By David Elwell, Decatur Daily RUSSELLVILLE — Mistakes are a part of football, especially in season-opening games. Unfortunately for Decatur, the Red Raiders made too many in the second quarter…

New head coach promises to lead Brewer football into bright future

There’s no denying recent decades have not been kind to Brewer football. The Patriots have had one winning season and one playoff berth, in the past 21 seasons.   So, when Matt…