Locals claim huge regional wins on 1st Friday of October:

Raiders, Aggies remain undefeated in road victories:

GDW Analysis:
Regional games came back into play on the first Friday of October.
Four locals were able to gain victory with three getting the job done on the road.
Good Hope 39, Curry 3:
CURRY: Good Hope continued its sound defensive play in taking down Curry at Travis Hudson Stadium.

 The Raiders gave up a 2nd quarter FG, the first time someone had scored against them since the 1st quarter of a game at Haleyville September 13.
By that time, the Raiders had the game in control with a 33 to 3 lead at the half. Good Hope tallied three TDs in the first quarter and was on its way to winning for the sixth time on the season.
The Raiders are 4 & 0 in 4A, Region 5 play. Good Hope has given up just 19 points this season, two TDs and two FGs.
Alan Scott's Raiders have won four of their games this season on the road.
Fairview 50, Russellville 49 (3 OT):
RUSSELLVILLE: Staying undefeated with Good Hope is Fairview.
The Aggies pulled out an incredible victory at Golden Tiger Stadium in a 5A, Region 7 battle with Russellville.
This game ended in regulation tied at 35 to 35. Both teams tacked on a TD in the 1st OT, but failed to break the tie on the 2nd time they had possession in extra play.
Russellville scored first on the 3rd IT series and led 49 to 42. Fairview then entered the end zone on a TD pass and decided to go for broke. The Aggies got a 2 point conversion and left Franklin County 5 & 0, 4 & 0 in the region.
Fairview is currently No. 5 in the 5A state rankings, George Redding's Aggies have a 4 & 0 record on the road in 2024.
West Point 28, Priceville 21:
WEST POINT: Victory got away from West Point the week before late against Hayden.
This week, the Warriors did not allow it to happen in hosting Priceville for a 5A, Region 7 contest.
The two went after each other and the Warriors enjoyed their first triumph of 2024 in the final seconds on a TD pass from Hunter Hensley to Bryant Moon.
West Point is now 1 & 5 for new coach Kevin McCravy. The Warriors go to 1 & 2 in the region.
Priceville is now a 5A program for the first time in school history.
Cold Springs 26, West End 12:
WALNUT GROVE: Cold Springs has shown this season how good they play when they are the road team.
The Eagles are 4 & 0 away from Cranford Stricklin with a hard fought victory against West End the latest for Brendan Voce's Eagles.
Cold Springs was ahead 14 to 12 to start the final period. The Eagles produced a pair of TDs to get breathing room and improve to 2 & 1 in 2A, Region 6. Cold Springs is 4 & 3 for the season.
Hartselle 10, Cullman 7:
For three quarters, the Bearcats kept their arch rival off the scoreboard.
Cullman took a 7 to 0 lead to the locker room when they were in the Tigers' end zone in the 2nd.
But a late TD by Hartselle, then a FG as time expired, prevented Danny Stiff's team from getting a huge upset.
Cullman stopped Hartselle's string of not allowing a score for four consecutive games. The Tigers had four shutouts in a row.
Hartselle is 3 & 0 in 6A, Region 7 and 5 & 1 for the season. The 'Cats fell to 3 & 4 and 1 & 2 in regional play.
Whitesburg Christian 25, Holly Pond 24:
HOLLY POND:  A first time meeting between the two schools went down to the wire.
Whitesburg Christian shook off a 24 to 11 deficit in the 4th, scoring twice with the game winner in the final minute on a 96 yard scoring pass.
Holly Pond is 2 & 4 and 1 & 3 in AHSAA 3A, Region 8.
The Broncos took an 8 to 3 lead at the end of the half. Whitesburg scored in the 3rd in grabbing the lead before the Broncos had 16 points on 2 TDs and a pair of 2 point conversions.
Next week (October 11):
Hamilton at Good Hope 92.1 FM
Columbia at Cullman 98.3 FM
Gordo at Vinemont WKUL.com
Holly Pond at Asbury hollypondbroncos.com
Priceville at Fairview
Cold Springs at Coosa Christian
West Point at East Limestone
Midfield at Hanceville
All games will kick off at 7:00 p.m.

 
Photo of the Good Hope Raiders in their game vs. Addison September 27.
Photo courtesy of Cullman Daily.