We finish cutting the AHSAA playoff field in half tonight with the remainder of the games from Round 1. Though there was an unusually heavy slate of games on Thursday, tonight’s schedule brings more intriguing matchups.

There are a pair of Top 10 matchups in 7A. No. 3 Mary G. Montgomery tries to win the first playoff game in school history against No. 5 Dothan. No. 4 Auburn travels to play Mississippi State commit Josh Flowers and No. 8 Baker. All seven teams ranked No. 1 in the final ASWA football rankings this week are in action as well.

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In Lineville, the AHSAA’s two all-time winningest coaches face off for the first time. UMS-Wright’s Terry Curtis (354) and the Bulldogs battle Danny Horn (351) and Central-Clay County in the first round of the 5A playoffs. Check back frequently for updates on all the games.

AL.com also will have a final score list and second-round playoff matchups at the end of the night. Here we go …

7:30 PM, St. Michael rallies: The Cardinals have come from 13-7 down to lead Handley on the road with 2:31 left in the first. … Pike Road leads Homewood 7-0 as Auburn commitment Malik Blocton takes an interception 66 yards to the house. … Class 3A No. 2 Madison Academy leads Hokes Bluff 23-7. … Judson Harris runs 58 yards for Gulf Shores and Kolin Wilson finishes with a 4-yard TD run to put No. 1 up 21-0 over Beauregard. … Hewitt scores again on a 29-yard run by Delvecchio Alston with 11:32 left in the half. Huskies lead 21-0 over Bob Jones. … Austin leads Vestavia Hills 14-7 after one quarter. … James Clemens is up 9-7 over Hoover headed into the second quarter. … UMS-Wright, Central-Clay County are tied at 0 after one. … Winterboro 14-0 over Decatur Heritage in the second period.

7:22 PM, Winterboro on top: The Class 1A Bulldogs lead Decatur Heritage 8-0 with 10:34 to play in the opening period. … Mobile Christian has pushed to a 21-0 lead over Beulah on a 1-yard Jason Todd run, still in the first quarter. … Kennedy Mitchell, again, for Hewitt-Trussville. Mitchell goes 54 yards to put the Huskies up 21-0 with 1:55 left in the first.

7:15 PM, Scores are dribbling in: Here’s what we’ve heard thus far – in Class 7A, Hewitt-Trussville leads Bob Jones 14-0. QB Peyton Floyd hit Dylan Cope with a 14-yard TD pass and the Huskies scored on a Kennedy Mitchell 10-yard run after a bad snap on a Patriots’ punt.

Also, 5A No. 1 Gulf Shores leads Beauregard 14-0 in the first after a Ronnie Royal TD from 5 yards out. … Spanish Fort is up 7-0 on Bessemer City late in the first quarter. … 3A No. 1 Mobile Christian leads Beulah 14-0 with 6:11 left in the opening quarter after a 74-yard TD run by Antonio Brown and a Damien Gatson 38-yard pass to Michael Moore. … Guntersville leads Springville 7-0 after one. … Handley leads St. Michael 13-7 with 5:57 to play in the first.

7:10 PM, Legends, pregame: Check out Terry Curtis of UMS-Wright and Danny Horn of Central-Clay County before the start of their Class 5A first-round game! Lots of experience during that heart-to-heart.

4 PM, Good news on the injury front: Thompson High radio play-by-play man Jerry Young reported on social media this morning that scans were negative on a Florence player injured in Thursday’s game in Alabaster and he is back home tonight. Praise God for that. The game was delayed approximately 15-20 minutes as the player was taken off the field by ambulance.

3 PM, Nothing But a Good Time: Mike Perrin will be kicking off the live update tonight as I will be on location in Montgomery to celebrate Veteran’s Day with Poison frontman Bret Michaels, but I’ll be back later in the night. And, yes, every rose does have its thorn.

THURSDAY’S PLAYOFF SCORES

AHSAA

CLASS 7A

Thompson 42, Florence 0

CLASS 6A

Helena 58, Wetumpka 28

Benjamin Russell 39, Sidney Lanier 12

Parker 62, Mae Jemison 14

Mountain Brook 35, Buckhorn 14

CLASS 5A

Charles Henderson 64, Marbury 20

Demopolis 31, Carroll 28

Eufaula 65, Shelby County 19

Ramsay 50, West Point 0

Boaz 10, Southside-Gadsden 7

Pleasant Grove 49, Lawrence County 17

CLASS 4A

Bibb County 56 Montgomery Academy 6

Deshler 43, Fultondale 27

West Morgan 56, Etowah 0

Cherokee County 56, Central-Florence 28

CLASS 3A

Trinity 31, Providence Christian 14

St. James 41, Opp 7

Gordo 56, Phil Campbell 6

Mars Hill Bible 63, Oakman 7

Winfield 43, Colbert County 21

CLASS 2A

Clarke County 20, Vincent 9

Goshen 61, G.W. Long 40

Highland Home 45, Ariton 6

Thorsby 50, Chickasaw 16

Isabella 44, St. Luke’s 17

Southeastern 28, Collinsville 21

Tanner 64, Lamar County 55

Locust Fork 54, North Sand Mountain 7

Sulligent 43, Hatton 12

CLASS 1A

Loachapoka 34, Southern Choctaw 6

Brantley 42, Linden 17

Maplesville 41, Choctaw County 14

Millry 55, Notasulga 0

Hackleburg 47, Marion County 8

Wadley 62, Cedar Bluff 10

AISA SEMIFINALS

CLASS AAA

Lee-Scott 42, Fort Dale Academy 3

Glenwood 45, Autauga Academy 12

CLASS AA

Chambers Academy 38, Patrician 2

Banks Academy 64, Clarke Prep 3

CLASS A

Lowndes Academy 48, Jackson Academy 14

Wilcox Academy 49, Southern Academy 12