The Class 7A state title matchup will be decided Friday night.

In the North, Thompson hosts Hewitt-Trussville in a Region 3 rematch from the regular season. In the South, No. 1 Central-Phenix City hosts upstart Mary G. Montgomery.

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The Vikings are making their first appearance in a state semifinal in any classification. The Red Devils have been in nine straight 7A semifinals.

The AL.com “experts” picked those semifinal games and 18 other key third-round playoff matchups this week.

Hackleburg (11-1) Coosa Christian (7-5)

John Vella: Coosa Christian 38-18

Dennis Victory: Coosa Christian 32-29

Randy Kennedy: Coosa Christian 28-24

Simone Eli: Coosa Christian 28-24

Ben Thomas: Coosa Christian 42-21

Locust Fork (12-0) at Fyffe (11-1)

John Vella: Locust Fork 40-34

Dennis Victory: Locust Fork 52-49

Randy Kennedy: Fyffe 33-28

Simone Eli: Locust Fork 31-27

Ben Thomas: Fyffe 34-17

Mobile Christian (12-0) at Trinity (11-1)

John Vella: Mobile Christian 35-15

Dennis Victory: Mobile Christian 34-28

Randy Kennedy: Mobile Christian 21-20

Simone Eli: Mobile Christian 35-21

Ben Thomas: Mobile Christian 28-14

St. James (10-2) at Thomasville (10-1)

John Vella: Thomasville 28-24

Dennis Victory: Thomasville 27-21

Randy Kennedy: St. James 33-24

Simone Eli: St. James 24-21

Ben Thomas: St. James 35-28

Geraldine (11-1) at Lauderdale County (12-0)

John Vella: Geraldine 27-26

Dennis Victory: Lauderdale County 33-30

Randy Kennedy: Lauderdale County 35-30

Simone Eli: Lauderdale County 27-24

Ben Thomas: Geraldine 35-31

Sylvania (10-2) at Madison Academy (12-0)

John Vella: Madison Academy 31-16

Dennis Victory: Madison Academy 28-21

Randy Kennedy: Madison Academy 24-20

Simone Eli: Madison Academy 31-28

Ben Thomas: Madison Academy 33-17

Jackson (11-0) at B.T. Washington (8-4)

John Vella: Jackson 36-20

Dennis Victory: Jackson 28-25

Randy Kennedy: Jackson 34-23

Simone Eli: Jackson 35-24

Ben Thomas: Jackson 38-24

Montgomery Catholic (12-0) at Jacksonville (10-2)

John Vella: Montgomery Catholic 34-27

Dennis Victory: Montgomery Catholic 42-35

Randy Kennedy: Montgomery Catholic 28-21

Simone Eli: Montgomery Catholic 31-14

Ben Thomas: Montgomery Catholic 31-30

Westminster Christian (10-2) at Brooks (8-4)

John Vella: Westminster Christian 43-31

Dennis Victory: Westminster Christian 39-28

Randy Kennedy: Westminster Christian 47-45

Simone Eli: Westbrook Christian 28-14

Ben Thomas: Westminster Christian 51-47

Cherokee County (11-1) at West Morgan (12-0)

John Vella: West Morgan 34-21

Dennis Victory: West Morgan 33-28

Randy Kennedy: Cherokee County 50-47

Simone Eli: West Morgan 35-31

Ben Thomas: Cherokee County 43-40

Gulf Shores (12-0) at Headland (10-2)

John Vella: Headland 26-24

Dennis Victory: Gulf Shores 35-29

Randy Kennedy: Gulf Shores 30-10

Simone Eli: Gulf Shores 35-21

Ben Thomas: Gulf Shores 35-13

Eufaula (9-3) at Demopolis (10-2)

John Vella: Eufaula 27-21

Dennis Victory: Demopolis 31-30

Randy Kennedy: Eufaula 27-20

Simone Eli: Eufaula 28-27

Ben Thomas: Demopolis 21-17

Ramsay (10-2) at Moody (10-2)

John Vella: Ramsay 21-17

Dennis Victory: Ramsay 41-33

Randy Kennedy: Ramsay 30-17

Simone Eli: Ramsay 28-27

Ben Thomas: Ramsay 28-27

Pleasant Grove (10-1) at Guntersville (11-1)

John Vella: Pleasant Grove 34-20

Dennis Victory: Pleasant Grove 38-21

Randy Kennedy: Pleasant Grove 31-28

Simone Eli: Pleasant Grove 24-14

Ben Thomas: Pleasant Grove 35-24

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (12-0) at Saraland (12-0)

John Vella: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 30-28

Dennis Victory: Saraland 35-28

Randy Kennedy: Saraland 42-33

Simone Eli: Saraland 35-21

Ben Thomas: Saraland 35-17

Pike Road (10-2) at Benjamin Russell (10-2)

John Vella: Benjamin Russell 28-27

Dennis Victory: Benjamin Russell 28-27

Randy Kennedy: Pike Road 30-29

Simone Eli: Pike Road 21-20

Ben Thomas: Benjamin Russell 30-24

Gadsden City (8-3) at Parker (11-1)

John Vella: Parker 32-13

Dennis Victory: Parker 28-21

Randy Kennedy: Parker 20-17

Simone Eli: Parker 35-21

Ben Thomas: Parker 31-23

Clay-Chalkville (11-0) at Muscle Shoals (11-0)

John Vella: Clay-Chalkville 34-30

Dennis Victory: Clay-Chalkville 21-20

Randy Kennedy: Clay-Chalkville 24-23

Simone Eli: Clay-Chalkville 28-21

Ben Thomas: Clay-Chalkville 38-24

Mary Montgomery (12-0) at Central-Phenix City (11-0)

John Vella: Mary G. Montgomery 28-24

Dennis Victory: Central-Phenix City 42-24

Randy Kennedy: Central-Phenix City 20-17

Simone Eli: Central-Phenix City 28-21

Ben Thomas: Central-Phenix City 28-24

Hewitt-Trussville (9-3) at Thompson (10-1)

John Vella: Thompson 40-20

Dennis Victory: Thompson 38-28

Randy Kennedy: Thompson 30-20

Simone Eli: Thompson 35-24

Ben Thomas: Thompson 35-30

STANDINGS

Last week, overall

John Vella 18-2, 200-60

Dennis Victory 15-5, 199-61

Randy Kennedy 15-5, 189-71

Simone Eli 14-6, 188-72

Ben Thomas 14-6, 186-74