Here are five games to watch in the Birmingham area for Week 11 – the final regular-season games of the season. Several games have been moved to Thursday night this week. The complete schedule follows.

VESTAVIA HILLS (5-4) AT HELENA (6-3)

Time/location: Thursday, 7 p.m., at Husky Stadium, Helena

Last week: Vestavia Hills beat Tuscaloosa County 59-18 in a home game; Helena lost 47-14 at home to Benjamin Russell.

The skinny: The Rebels will play Austin in Decatur next week to open the Class 7A playoffs as the No. 4 seed from Region 3. Austin is the top seed in Region 4. … Vestavia is 2-0 all-time against Helena, which is in its ninth year as a program. … Alumnus Robert Evans is in his first season as a head coach and is the third head coach in the past three years at Vestavia. … The Rebels score 33.7 points a game and surrender 19.9. … Junior QB John Paul Head threw 5 TDs passes last week and ran for 104 yards on 12 carries with a 63-yard scoring run. … Head has completed 98-of-174 passes for 1,262 yards and 13 TDs with 7 interceptions. … Five VHHS receivers have caught at least a dozen passes each, led by Keown Richardson’s 32 for 386 yards and 5 TDs. … Head has run for 851 yards on 114 carries and 16 scores, all team-highs. … William Tonsmierer has 98 attempts for 494 yards. … Carter Shirley has made 5-of-6 field goals and is perfect on 37 PAT kicks. … DE Jordan Ross has 36.5 tackles with 16 tackles for a loss. … LB John Martin Richter has 32.5 tackles and Grant Downey leads the team with 5 interceptions. … The Huskies just missed the playoffs with a 3-3 record. Calera got the No. 4 seed with a 4-overtime 52-51 win over Helena two weeks ago. … Richie Busby is 35-18 in his fifth season at Helena. He is 75-35 in his 10-year career that started at Fultondale. … The Huskies won two overtime games in back-to-back weeks at Chilton County (35-28) and against Pelham (31-24). … Helena also won games by 3 and 10 points and lost one by 9. … The Huskies scored 30.7 points per game and allowed 25.8.

HUEYTOWN (6-3) AT GARDENDALE (7-2)

Time/location: Thursday, 7 p.m., Driver Stadium, Gardendale

Last week: Hueytown beat Central-Tuscaloosa 68-0 at home; Gardendale beat Mountain Brook 29-28 on the road.

The skinny: Hueytown finished second in Class 6A, Region 4 and will host Benjamin Russell in the opening round of the playoffs next week. … The Gophers, who finished second in 6A last season, have scored 46.9 points per game this year while allowing 25.3. … Greg Patterson is 35-13 in his fourth season at Hueytown. His first head coaching job was at Sumiton Christian for four years. Patterson’s career record is 49-39. … Jacksonville State commitment QB Earl Woods was Alabama’s Gatorade Football Player of the Year last season after rolling up 5,195 total yards, the second-best season in AHSAA history behind only last season’s total of 5,342 from Southside-Selma’s Christopher Thomas. … Woods has passed for 1,441 yards and 17 touchdowns this season. He has been intercepted 5 times and sacked just 3 times. Woods also leads the Gophers with 793 yards rushing and 15 TDs. … In a 41-23 win over now 6-3 Northridge, RB Jakhael Rowser ran for 250 yards and a TD and had a 99-yard kickoff return for a score. He is second on the squad with 776 yards with 7 touchdowns. Rowser also is the top receiver for Hueytown with 27 catches for 553 yards and 5 scores. … Senior LB Noah Eskridge leads the team with 22 tackles in 6 games. … Ninth-ranked Gardendale won the 6A Region 5 title with the win over Mountain Brook to finish 6-0 in league play. The Rockets will host Oxford next week in the playoff opener. … Chad Eads is 40-18 in his fifth season at Gardendale. … Senior QB Tyler Nelson ran for 303 yards last week, scored all four TDs for the Rockets and walked in behind some excellent blocking for the 2-point conversion with 19 seconds left to seal the win. … Nelson has 1,458 yards rushing and 1,003 passing this season. … Kedrick Story has 460 yards on 85 rushing attempts. … The offensive linemen, from left tackle to right, are Rhett Fitzpatrick, Anthony King, Lawson Hughes, Gage Beyke, Aiden Bulloch – the only senior. Fitzpatrick and Beyke are sophomores. … Carter Jenkins (10.4 yards per catch), Jonathan Harris (10.8) and Jacoby Quates (10.6) lead the Rockets in receiving. … Senior PK Kyle Norris is 5-of-7 on field goals, with a long of 36 yards, and has hit 29-of-31 PATs. … Florida commitment Kelby Collins has 10 sacks among his 84 tackles. … Caiden Combs has 88 tackles, 12.5 TFL.

MOUNTAIN BROOK (7-2) AT BAKER (5-4)

Time/location: Thursday, 7 p.m., Hornet Stadium, Mobile

Last week: Mountain Brook lost 29-28 to Gardendale; Baker beat Fairhope 42-10.

The skinny: Fifth-ranked Mountain Brook finished second in Class 6A, Region 5 and will host Pinson Valley next week to open the playoffs. … The Spartans and Hornets have never played. … Mountain Brook lost two of its last four games – to Hoover and Gardendale – after starting the season 5-0. … Chris Yeager (140-60 in his 17th year at Mountain Brook, 165-80 in his 21st season overall) has led the Spartans to the 6A semifinals three times, including 2020 and 2021. … Mountain Brook has scored 345 points this season and surrendered 123. … The Spartans led Gardendale 28-14 in the third quarter on a pair of Mac Palmer interception returns for touchdowns before the Rockets rallied. … Baker finished 4-2 in Class 7A, Region 1 and is the second seed. … Baker won its way into the playoffs last week with a dominating win at Fairhope. The Hornets went from the outside looking in to the No. 2 seed and a home game. … Junior QB Josh Flowers passed for two scores and ran for another in the victory. … The Hornet defense intercepted Fairhope QB Caden Creel three times and held the Pirates to their lowest point total of the season. … Baker is in the playoffs for the third straight year under head coach Steve Normand, who is 21-19 in his fourth season. … The Hornets haven’t won a playoff game since 1984.

CALERA (4-5) AT McADORY (5-4)

Time/location: Thursday, 7 p.m., McAdory Stadium, McCalla

Last week: Calera lost 24-20 to Gadsden City; McAdory lost 35-14 at home to Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa.

The skinny: Calera will travel to Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa as the No. 4 seed in Class 6A, Region 3 to open the playoffs next week. … Jason Hamlin is 11-9 in two years as a head coach, both at Calera. … The Eagles were 7-4 last season with a first-round playoff loss. It was Calera’s first playoff game since 2017, when the Eagles finished 7-5 with a 1-1 mark in the postseason. … The Eagles scored 24.3 points per game this season and allowed 26.6. … Calera won back-to-back overtime games, a 2OT 31-28 win over Briarwood and a 4OT win over Helena, 52-51. … McAdory, the fourth seed in Class 6A, Region 4, plays at Homewood next week in the first round of the playoffs. … Aryvia Holmes is 12-8 in his second season as a head coach, both at McAdory. … The Yellow Jackets scored 30.8 points per game and allowed 17.2. … McAdory won four of its first five games, but lost two straight road region games at No. 3 seed Northridge and No. 2 seed Hueytown. Hillcrest is the No. 1 seed from Region 4. … Last week, junior QB Jacob Clopton had a 32-yard touchdown pass to fellow junior Jacorey Whitted and senior Rod Thomas scored on an 8-yard run. … Clopton had 73 yards rushing and 68 yards passing in the loss. … Clopton has thrown for 1,130 yards and 12 touchdowns with 5 interceptions this season. … Tavares Coles (17-294, 4 TDs) and Whitted (17-259, 3 TDs) are the top receivers. … Rod Thomas leads the Yellow Jackets on the ground with 639 yards on 111 attempts.

HOMEWOOD (7-2) AT JASPER (5-4)

Time/location: Friday, 7 p.m., Ki-Ro/Gambrell Field, Jasper

Last week: Homewood beat Briarwood 34-10 at home; Jasper lost 45-14 at home to Pleasant Grove.

The skinny: The Patriots are the Class 6A, Region 3 champions and will host McAdory next week in the first round of the playoffs. … Homewood is scoring 27.4 points a game and allowing 19.2. … Homewood’s losses this season were at 7A Vestavia Hills (35-0) and to Pinson Valley (21-13). … Ben Berguson is 67-37 in his ninth year at Homewood, 75-43 overall with one season at Spain Park. … Last week, senior QB Woods Ray threw for 302 yards and 4 TDs, completing 22-of-28 passes. He had 240 passing yards in the first half. … Ray has thrown for 1,741 yards and 15 TDs this season and also leads the team with 424 rushing yards with 6 TDs. … Sophomore Calyb Colbert is second with 372 yards with 5 scores. … Senior Jackson Parris has 47 catches for 769 yards and 5 TDs. … Sophomore LB Talton Thomas is the Patriots’ top tackler with 75, including 3.5 sacks. … Coach Philip Bailey is 13-16 in his third year with the 5A Vikings, who were third in Region 5 with a 5-3 mark. The opening round game at Moody next week is Bailey’s first appearance in the playoffs. … Jasper has scored 30.8 points per game and allowed 29.9 – a margin of less than 1 point despite playing just one game with a final margin of fewer than 10 points. … Senior QB Spencer Rosenfeld has thrown for 992 yards with 9 TDs and 1 interception. He also is the team’s second-leading rusher with 454 yards on 61 carries with 9 TDs. … Freshman Micah Plaedger leads the team with 642 yards rushing on 61 attempts with 8 TDs. … Junior Garrett Busby has 72 carries for 302 yards. … Senior Cory Shephard has 36 catches for 517 yards with 5 TDs. … Senior LB Landon Castillo is the Vikes’ top tackler with 61. … Senior DB Cole Sargent has 52.5 with 3 interceptions and sophomore LB Mason Bates has 7.5 tackles for loss with 3 sacks among his 34 total stops.

Here is the complete Birmingham-area schedule this week. All games are at 7 p.m.:

THURSDAY

Calera at McAdory

Carbon Hill at Oak Grove

Fultondale at Mortimer Jordan

Hayden at Corner

Hueytown at Gardendale

Jackson-Olin at Foley

Mountain Brook at Baker

Spain Park at Pelham

Stanhope Elmore at Minor

Tarrant at Montevallo

Vestavia Hills at Helena

Woodlawn at Shelby County

FRIDAY

Banks Academy at Valiant

Bessemer Academy at Cornerstone Christian

Carver at Cordova

Coosa Valley at Sparta

Fairhope at Briarwood Christian

Homewood at Jasper

John Carroll at Maplesville