Here are five games to watch in the Huntsville area this week, with the complete schedule following.

DECATUR (6-1) AT HARTSELLE (8-0)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday at Hartselle’s J.P. Cain Stadium

Last week: Hartselle beat Athens 45-21 on the road. Decatur lost 42-28 at home to Muscle Shoals.

The skinny: Decatur holds a 60-28-1 advantage over the Tigers, but the Red Raiders have lost four straight, including 42-21 on the road last season. … Headed into the final Class 6A, Region 7 game of the year, Hartselle holds the top spot in the standings at 4-0 and the Tigers are ranked sixth in the Alabama Sports Writers Association poll. Muscle Shoals holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over No. 8 Decatur for second place, both are 3-1. … Bryan Moore, who is 2-0 vs. Decatur, will bring a balanced offensive attack into the rivalry game. Hartselle throws for 215 yards a game and runs for 186. … QB Jack Smith has passed for 1,550 yards with 12 TDs and 4 interceptions this season, completing 68 percent of his throws. He is the second-leading rusher with 302 yards and 7 scores. … Ri Fletcher leads the Tigers with 713 yards and 10 TDs on the ground. … Wideout Eli Tidwell is Hartselle’s top receiver with 653 yards and 8 touchdowns on 32 catches while Izayah Fletcher – Ri’s brother – has 50 catches for 544 yards and 3 TDs. … Veteran Decatur coach Jere Adcock is 184-118 in his 27th year leading the Red Raiders. He is 15-11 against Hartselle. … Decatur throws for 223.6 yards per game and runs for 134.1. … WR Jayden Brown caught 8 passes for 173 yards and all four of the Raiders’ touchdowns last week. … QB Ellis Dickman has thrown 16 TD passes and completed 58.5 percent of his passes for 1,359 yards. … RB Dayton Swoopes leads the Raiders with 337 yards rushing and Ryan Kirk has 5 TDs on the ground while averaging 5.4 yards per carry. … WR Jayden Brown has 28 catches for 533 yards and 7 TDs. … DE Kolby Brown has 5 sacks.

FYFFE (7-0) AT PISGAH (6-1)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday at Sam Kenimer Stadium in Pisgah

Last week: Fyffe won 70-14 at Sand Rock. Pisgah won 41-14 at North Sand Mountain.

The skinny: The Red Devils are ranked No. 1 in Class 2A and are tied with No. 5 Pisgah at 5-0 in Region 7 play. … Fyffe has a 16-13-1 advantage in the all-time series, but the teams haven’t played since 2005. … Paul Benefield is 329-55 in his 31st year as a head coach, the past 26 at Fyffe where he has led the Red Devils to five state titles. … Fyffe has outscored its opponents 53.3-5.6 this season and committed just two turnovers while forcing 20. … As usual, the Red Devils are dominating on the ground with 2,359 yards thus far and have allowed just 349 – 49.9 per game. … Only Plainview and Sand Rock have hit double figures against Fyffe. … Fyffe’s opponents have run 84 more plays, but average just 2.9 yards per snap while the Devils average 10.6. … Fyffe has 32 players credited with at least 1 tackle, led by LB Brodie Hicks’ 24.5. Hicks also had 3 carries for 105 yards and 2 TDs last week. … Owen Blackwell has 3 of the team’s 6 pass interceptions. … Pisgah coach Luke Pruitt is 24-26 in his fifth year as a head coach. He has led the Eagles to the playoffs in three of four seasons. … The Eagles were 7-4 in 2021 and opened 4-0 this season before falling at home to Sylvania and then winning two straight. … Sophomore Legion McCrary had 171 yards and 2 TDs on 9 carries in the win over North Sand Mountain. McCrary has 792 rushing yards on 75 carries with 10 TDs this season. … QB Mason Holcomb has thrown for 1,226 yards and 13 TDs. … Jakob Kirby has 430 yards on 21 catches with 4 TDs, one from 58 and one from 57 yards. He also has 2 interceptions and 10 pass break-ups. … Caiden Hawkins is the top tackler with 50 solo stops, 72 total.

GUNTERSVILLE (6-1) AT ARAB (7-1)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday at Arab City Schools SportsPlex

Last week: Arab won 56-17 at Boaz. Guntersville had an open date last week after a 17-14 loss at Scottsboro.

The skinny: Arab is 5-0 and atop the Class 5A, Region 7 standings. Guntersville and Scottsboro are both 3-1. … Guntersville is ranked seventh, falling from third after the loss at Scottsboro. … Guntersville leads the series 61-30-2, including nine straight. The teams first played in 1922. … Sophomore RB Julyon Jordan has scored 11 TDs on 68 carries for 648 yards for Guntersville. … QB Antonio Spurgeon has run for 363 yards – 10.1 yards per carry – and completed 37-of-56 passes for 488 yards and 4 TDs. … WR/DB Brandon Fussell has 14 catches for 272 yards and 5 TDs and 4 interceptions. … LB EJ Havis has 36.5 total tackles with 8 tackles for a loss, 2 forced fumbles and 2 interceptions. … Arab QB Aiden Cox passed for 4 TDs at Boaz, hitting 14-of-18 throws for 273 yards. On the season, Cox has completed 88-of-131 for 1,302 yards with 14 TDs and 1 interception. … RB Drake Franklin has 1,195 yards on 155 carries – 7.7 yards per carry – with 19 TDs. … TE Spencer Strickland has caught 25 passes for 486 yards and 7 scores. … RB Brody McCain has 7 TDs on 29 catches for 478 yards. … LBs Josh Roe (79 tackles), Patrick Lawler (77) and Logan Silva (74) lead the defense along with NT Will Caneer, who has 54 tackles, 12 for a loss, 16 QB pressures and 7 sacks.

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN (5-2) AT PRICEVILLE (8-0)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday at Bulldog Stadium in Priceville

Last week: Priceville won 41-14 at North Jackson. Westminster Christian beat Madison County at home, 70-42.

The skinny: Priceville is ranked fourth in Class 4A and is tied with Randolph atop the Region 8 standings at 5-0. The Bulldogs close out their season at Randolph next week. … Westminster Christian is in third place in the region at 4-1 and wraps up region play at home against New Hope next week. … Westminster leads the series 3-1, including a 70-6 rout in the regular season finale last year. … Priceville’s All-State RB Mason Cartee has 1,075 rushing yards thus far after running for 2,363 last year. He has 13 TDs on the ground and 1 receiving on his 3 catches for 113 yards. Last week he picked up 203 yards on 22 carries with 3 TDs. … Xander Gaines has 3 TDs on 6 catches for 178 yards. … LB Larson Speegle leads the Bulldogs with 81 total tackles. … Westminster junior QB Brandon Musch continues to pile up the yards through the air. Last week he hit 33-of-53 throws for 406 yards and 5 TDs. He has 1,721 passing yards, completing 19.7 passes per game, hitting 61 percent of his throws. Musch also has 990 yards and 19 TDs rushing. … WR Owen Lockette has 42 catches for 790 yards and 17 TDs.

AUSTIN (6-2) AT BOB JONES (4-3)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday at Madison City Schools Stadium

Last week: Austin won its sixth straight, beating James Clemens 41-33 in the same stadium where the Black Bears play this week. Bob Jones held off Sparkman 48-40 on the road.

The skinny: Austin is ranked ninth in Class 7A and leads Region 4 with a 5-0 mark. Florence is second at 4-1 while Bob Jones and Huntsville are 3-2. … The Patriots’ two region losses came by 4 and 3 points, to Huntsville and Florence, respectively. … Bob Jones snapped a two-game losing streak with the win over Sparkman. … Austin holds a 13-7 advantage in the all-time series and has won two straight, including 42-28 last season. … QB De’Air Young ran for 4 TDs and passed for another last week. He has thrown for 707 yards with 7 TDs and run for 810 (not including a loss of 70 yards on sacks) with 8 scores. … WR/RB Maurice Jones has 11 catches for 179 yards while WR Cameron Collins has 11 for 176 yards and 2 TDs. … LB Druce Clarke has 72 tackles, 7 for a loss. … DL Achille Woods has 57.5 tackles, with 3.5 sacks. … Returning Bob Jones All-State QB Ray Hardy ran 22 times for 157 yards and 5 TDs last week and completed 18-of-21 passes for 235 yards and a score. His performance against Sparkman pushed him over 1,000 yards on the ground and through the air. Hardy has 136 rushes for 1,012 yards and 13 TDs. He has completed 91-of-153 passes for 1,042 yards and 7 touchdowns. … RB Tyren Washington has run for 606 yards on 106 attempts, with 3 TDs. … WR Quenton Hubbard has 30 catches for 408 yards with 2 receiving TDs and 1 rushing score. … LB Jonathan Monroe leads the Bob Jones defense with 89 total tackles. … DL Christian Kemp has 5 sacks and 7 QB pressures.

Complete Huntsville area Week 9 schedule

Thursday

Grissom at Florence, Braly Municipal Stadium

Sparkman at Huntsville, Milton Frank Stadium

Friday

James Clemens at Albertville

Guntersville at Arab

Russellville at Ardmore

Athens at Columbia, Louis Crews Stadium, Huntsville

Austin at Bob Jones, Madison City Schools Stadium

Boaz at Sardis

Madison Academy at Brindlee Mountain

Fort Payne at Buckhorn

Clements at Colbert County

Danville at Vinemont

St. John Paul II at DAR

Decatur Heritage at Gaylesville

Decatur at Hartselle

Scottsboro at Douglas

East Limestone at West Point

Hazel Green at Mae Jemison, Milton Frank Stadium, Huntsville

Randolph at New Hope

North Sand Mountain at Section

Westminster Christian at Priceville

Fyffe at Pisgah

Tanner at Red Bay

West Limestone at Central-Florence

East Lawrence at West Morgan

Collinsville at Whitesburg Christian, Madison County Elementary, Gurley

Woodville at Valley Head

Lee-Huntsville at Gadsden City

Addison at Falkville