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

MADISON ACADEMY (9-0) AT WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN (8-1)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, Earl Van Dyke Stadium, Huntsville

Last week: Class 3A, No. 2-ranked Madison Academy beat Susan Moore 55-7. Class 4A Westminster defeated New Hope 55-28.

The skinny: Madison Academy has won all seven meetings against its fellow Huntsville school. The Mustangs rolled 49-14 last season. … Madison Academy running back Ken Cherry totaled 218 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns last week against Susan Moore. He ran for 166 yards and four TDs against Westminster last season. … The Mustangs average 53.7 points — third highest among all classifications — and they have eclipsed 50 points in five of their last six games. They’ve been equally impressive on defense, allowing just 8.9 points per game; Madison Academy has held its last five opponents to seven or fewer points. … The Mustangs are winning games by an average margin of 44.8 points, tops in the state among all classifications, according to AHSFHS.org. … Westminster senior quarterback Brandon Musch accounted for 314 yards of offense and six touchdowns — three passing and three rushing — against New Hope last week. He’s 46 yards shy of 13,000 career yards and is approaching Lanett’s Kristian Story (13,218) for second in AHSAA history. Musch has 177 career touchdowns; he surpassed Story last week for second all-time. Piedmont’s Jack Hayes holds the record of 223. … Westminster averages 50.1 points per game — fifth highest among all classifications — but allows 30.3.

RUSSELLVILLE (8-1) AT ATHENS (7-2)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, Larry McCoy Field

Last week: Class 5A, No. 10-ranked Russellville beat sixth-ranked Fairview 31-14. Class 6A Athens edged Fort Payne 29-28.

The skinny: Athens has clinched a playoff berth after missing the postseason the past two years. … Quarterback Brogan Gross passed for 349 yards and three touchdowns against Fort Payne. He has 24 TD passes this season. … Cameron Phinizee is Russellville’s workhorse. He ran for 170 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries against Fairview, giving him 1,816 yards and 33 TDs for the season. … The Golden Tigers earned the 5A, Region 8 title by defeating Fairview. … Athens edged Russellville 32-31 last season. The Golden Eagles scored 25 unanswered points in the second half to erase a 31-7 deficit. Russellville leads the series 20-9.

RANDOLPH (6-3) AT FAIRVIEW (8-1)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, Dafford Smith Stadium

Last week: Class 4A Randolph defeated Priceville 28-24. Class 5A, No. 6-ranked Fairview lost 31-14 to 10th-ranked Russellville.

The skinny: Randolph has won four straight … Graham Batey ran for 193 yards and three touchdowns and caught a TD pass against Priceville. … Fairview was allowing only 7.1 points per game before yielding 31 to Russellville. … Aggies quarterback Kolt Redding — son of head coach George Redding — threw a pair of touchdown passes in a losing effort. … Both coaches are the winningest at their respective programs: Redding is 116-68 in 17 seasons, and Randolph’s David Lloyd is 31-14 in four seasons. … Randolph defeated Fairview 34-14 last season to increase its series lead to 4-1.

HARTSELLE (7-2) AT BOB JONES (5-4)

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

Last week: Class 6A, No. 8-ranked Hartselle had an open week. Class 7A Bob Jones beat Albertville 51-6.

The skinny: Hartselle played five consecutive one-score games prior to its bye week. The last of those was a 20-19 win over Decatur on Oct. 20 in which Noah Smith threw to go-ahead touchdown to Markus Tapscott with 9.2 seconds left in the game. Smith has been the starting quarterback since Landon Blackwood suffered an injury against Gadsden City on Sept. 22. … Ri Fletcher has sparked the Tigers offense this season, rushing for 958 yards and 13 touchdowns. In last year’s 38-31 win over Bob Jones, Fletcher ran for 190 yards and two TDs. … Bob Jones bounced back from an 0-3 start to earn a playoff berth. … The Patriots amassed 507 yards of offense and forced four turnovers against Albertville. … Bob Jones running back Tyren Washington has 16 touchdowns on the ground this season. He ran for 132 yards and two scores against Hartselle last season. … The Tigers have won five of six meetings against Bob Jones.

GUNTERSVILLE (7-1) AT ALBERTVILLE (0-9)

Time/location: 7 p.m. Friday, McCord Field

Last week: Class 5A Guntersville blanked Sardis 55-0. Class 7A Albertville lost 51-6 to Bob Jones

The skinny: This is the 109th meeting between Guntersville and Albertville, the most games played in a rivalry in state history, according to AHSFHS.org. The teams first met in 1914, making this the state’s second-oldest rivalry behind Sylacauga-Talladega (1911). … Guntersville has won the last four meetings — including 49-7 last year — and leads the series 55-47-6. … Guntersville quarterback Eli Morrison threw three touchdown passes against Sardis as the Wildcats bounced back from a loss to Arab. The win marked Guntersville’s first shutout of the season. The Wildcats allow just 10.9 points per game. … Albertville has surrendered at least 50 points the past two weeks and four times this season. … Aggies receiver Hunter Smith has caught six TD passes this season.

The complete Week 11 schedule

Thursday, Nov. 2

Grissom at Buckhorn

Winston County at Falkville

Friday, Nov. 3

Brindlee Mountain at Gaston

Central-Florence at Ardmore

Danville at Brewer

Decatur at Scottsboro

Douglas at North Sand Mountain

Elkmont at St. John Paul II, Discovery Middle, Madison

Guntersville at Albertville

Hartselle at Bob Jones, Madison City Schools Stadium

Hazel Green at Huntsville

Lee-Huntsville at Boaz

Madison Academy at Westminster Christian

Mae Jemison at East Limestone

Muscle Shoals at Sparkman

North Jackson at Pisgah

Plainview at New Hope

Randolph at Fairview

Russellville at Athens

Tharptown at Whitesburg Christian

Woodville at Asbury

Open week: Arab, Austin, Clements, Columbia, DAR, James Clemens, Madison County, Priceville, Section, Tanner, West Limestone