Austin sprinted to a 24-point halftime lead and was never threatened in the 38-7 win over Gardendale.

The Black Bears (4-2, 1-2) scored first on a Hayden Wynn 26-yard field goal with 6:46 left in the first quarter.

Austin added 2-yard run by Gavin Fuqua for a 10-0 lead with 1:30 left in the first quarter then got a Jackson Potter 36-yard TD reception from J.L. Davis for a 17-0 lead with 8:43 left in the half.

Judd Bailey found to Na’sean Bannister from 10 yards out with 35 seconds left in the half for a 24-0 lead.

The Black Bears continued the onslaught when Bailey threw to Fuqua for an 8-yard score and Potter returned a punt 45 yards for a 38-0 lead over Gardendale (0-5, 0-2) in the third quarter.

Gardendale’s Boogie Harris ran 4 yards for a touchdown in the final quarter.

Caiden Combs led the Gardendale defense with three sacks and four tackles-for-loss.

HUNTSVILLE/TENNESSEE VALLEY

Scottsboro 56, Priceville 21

Brandon Edmonson Jr. rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns to help undefeated Class 5A Scottsboro rout 4A Priceville 56-21 on Friday.

Scottsboro coach Cris Bell said the win avenged a 28-21 home loss to the Bulldogs last season.

“These guys jumped up and stole one from us last year,” Bell said. “They earned it. They flat-out stole it from us. We had a little payback I guess (this year).”

Scottsboro (5-0) also got a touchdown apiece from Jayden Gilbert, Antonio Brocks and Noah Tolleson. Jake Jones threw a touchdown pass to Thomas Stewart. Kyle Wright returned a punt blocked by Andrew Smith for a score.

Blitz Clemons had 128 yards on the ground and rushed for all three Priceville scores. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak after the Bulldogs dropped their first two contests.

“Early on I thought we did a good job moving the ball,” Priceville coach Chris Foster said. “We had a couple of mistakes that we made blocking wise that put us behind the sticks (with) field position situations. Then we didn’t do a great job fixing (things) off of that.”

Priceville (3-3) will travel to play Region 8 rival St. John Paul II on Friday.

Scottsboro will play at Region 7 co-leader Guntersville.

“We’ve got some guys that are dinged up,” Bell said. “We need them healthy. It’s just going to take really a superhuman effort next week on our part. They’re maybe the most talented team in our region.”

– R. Sirvell Carter

Madison Academy 63, Madison County 7

Class 3A, No. 4-ranked Madison Academy stayed unbeaten with a dominating win over Madison County

The Mustangs led 35-0 at the half and added 28 more in the second half.

Ken Cherry led the Mustangs (5-0) with 221 yards rushing and three TD. He also returned at kickoff 70 yards for a TD. Josh Williams rushed added three rushing touchdowns, and Jackson Reece had nine catches for 121 yards/

Reece also returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown.

“Really proud of our guys tonight,” Madison County coach Bob Godsey said. “We played hard. Played a clean game. Saw some great things from a few young guys who got to play tonight. Excited about this team moving forward.”

Madison Academy travels to Asbury next week. Madison County (1-5) will be at Randolph.

Guntersville 38, Buckhorn 7

Class 5A, No. 9-ranked Guntersville stayed unbeaten with a 38-7 victory over 6A Buckhorn.

Enelson Delva led the Wildcats with 193 yards on 27 carries and one touchdown. Eli Morrion added 30 yards rushing and one touchdown. Morrison also completed 12-of-17 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Cam Logan caught six passes for 128 yards and one touchdown.

Guntersville (6-0) will host Scottsboro in a battle of unbeatens in Region 7. Buckhorn will travel to Mae Jemison.

COASTAL

Mobile Christian 39, Orange Beach 7

The Leopards jumped to a 25-0 second-quarter lead on the way to remaining undefeated and keeping Orange Beach winless this season on Friday with the road win.

Damien Gatson completed 12-of-20 passes for 295 yards and three touchdowns, including one for 70 yards to Carson Cooper and 77 yards to Aaron Rogers. Gatson also connected on a 15-yard TD with Jordan Woullard.

Second-ranked Class 3A Mobile Christian (6-0 and 3-0 in Region 1) rolled up 470 total yards while holding Orange Beach (0-5 and 0-3 in Class 4A, Region 1) to 185. The Makos were 0-for-11 on third down and 1-for-4 on fourth-down tries.

PJ Brown had an 18-yard scoring run and Jason Todd scored on a fumble return for the Leopards. Carter Lewis kicked a 47-yard field goal in the opening period.

When the teams return to region play next week, Mobile Christian hosts Hillcrest-Evergreen while Orange Beach will host St. Michael.

BIRMINGHAM

Briarwood Christian 21, Oak Mountain 0

Briarwood Christian won its third straight game and earned its first on-field shutout since 2019 with a 21-0 victory over Oak Mountain at Lions Pride Stadium in Birmingham.

Oak Mountain has lost five straight since a season-opening victory over Northridge.

Senior running back Cooper Higgins ran 16 times for 99 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Joshua Thompson threw TD passes of 34 yards to Sawyer Click and 7 yards to Caleb Keller.

Briarwood (3-2) plays at Helena next week, while Oak Mountain (1-5) plays at Hoover.

Leeds 48, Sylacauga 14

Class 5A sixth-ranked Leeds celebrated homecoming with a dominating victory over winless Class 4A Sylacauga.

Leeds (4-1) scored touchdowns on its first five possessions and led 34-0 at halftime. Some of that was due to short fields provided by the Aggies (0-6) — the Green Wave started four of its five first-half scoring drives in Aggie territory, either after a special teams miscue or a failed fourth-down conversion.

Leeds head coach Jerry Hood said his message was simply, “Come out mentally prepared, execute at a high level. That’s all we wanted to come out and do.”

Junior quarterback Conner Nelson accounted for three first-half touchdowns and finished with 95 all-purpose yards. Tailback ZJ Dale ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns, the final one on a 63-yard third-quarter dash.

The Green Wave defense did not allow Sylacauga to cross its own 40-yard line until late in the third quarter. At halftime, the Aggies had netted minus-2 yards.

“We knew they would come and be physical,” Leeds defensive end Chris Burge said. “We had to keep them contained.”

The Aggies got second-half TDs from Jamaury Thomas and Ashton Machen. The two combined for 103 yards rushing, most of it after halftime.

“Nothing about it that was fun,” Sylacauga head coach Chris Smelley said. “You got a choice to quit in that situation or continue to compete, and that’s the choice our guys just decided to make.”

Both teams return to region play next week. Sylacauga will return home to face Beauregard, while Leeds travels to Gadsden to face Southside.

– Will Heath

Helena 49, Jackson-Olin 6

The Huskies improved to 6-0 on the season with the rout at Jackson-Olin. The Mustangs dropped to 0-6.

Carson Acker completed 11-of-12 passes for 132 yards, three touchdowns with one interception. Hunter Hale caught seven passes for 78 yards and three touchdowns. Hale also had a punt return for a score.

Nate Jones caught five passes for 64 yards and a score and Torrey Ward also had a TD catch.

Helena returns to Class 6A, Region 3 play next week, hosting Briarwood Christian. Jackson-Olin plays at home against Gardendale in a 6A, Region 5 game.

Homewood 10, Pinson Valley 7

The Patriots won their third straight and sent home-standing Pinson Valley to its fourth consecutive loss.

Junior Whitt Armistead booted the game-winning field goal from 24 yards out in the final quarter for Homewood (3-3). The Patriots rallied from a 7-0 halftime deficit and held the Indians (1-4) scoreless after intermission.

Junior quarterback Will Myers scored Homewood’s lone touchdown on a run. Myers completed 17-of-27 passes for 211 yards, but was intercepted twice. Kylen Newell hauled in nine passes for 178 yards, picking up 72 on one play that set up the game-winning field goal in the final period.

Pinson Valley’s Dylan Reese connected on a 24-yard touchdown pass to Raymond Lewis early in the second period.

Homewood also blocked a Pinson Valley field-goal try in the third quarter.

Homewood has an open date next week while Pinson returns to 6A, Region 6 play at Huffman.

Montevallo 21, Jemison 20

The Bulldogs rallied from a 20-7 deficit, scoring what proved to be the game-winning touchdown with 8:06 to go to edge visiting Jemison. Razareo Conwell, who ran for 100 yards on 22 carries, scored on a 2-yard run to give Montevallo the win.

The Bulldogs (4-1), trailing 7-0, got on the board on a 75-yard kickoff return by Deterrius Cutts with 4 minutes to play in the second quarter.

Jemison (1-4) scored with 6 seconds left in the half and again with 5:12 to play in the third quarter to pull ahead 20-7.

Brandon King hit Javon Rogers with a 19-yard scoring pass – the Bulldogs’ only completion in four attempts – to narrow the lead to 20-14 with 4:08 to go in the third quarter.

Mortimer Jordan 24, Cullman 20

Terence Gaines scored on a 7-yard run with 2:35 to go – his third touchdown – to lift Mortimer Jordan to a 24-20 victory over Cullman at Jimmie Trotter Field.

Mortimer Jordan (5-1) has won five in a row since falling to Parker.

Gaines scored on runs of 1, 3 and 7 yards, finishing with 69 yards on 18 carries. H also caught three passes for 41 yards. Garrett Ames completed 12-of-24 passes for 173 yards and added 7 carries for 27 yards. Ryder Gooch also kicked a 28-yard field goal in the third quarter.

Cullman’s Jackson Sessions scored on runs of 6, 3 and 2 yards.

Mortimer Jordan plays at Minor next week, while Cullman (3-3) plays Athens at home.

STATEWIDE

Montgomery Catholic 42, Demopolis 0

Montgomery Catholic recorded a third straight shutout, as Jo Pierce blocked a punt for a touchdown and recorded 10 tackles in 42-0 victory over Demopolis.

The Knights (6-0) have now won have played four games on the road this season, all shutouts. Montgomery Catholic has also now won 30 straight regular-season games and 20 straight on the road.

Josh Griffin ran 10 times for 125 yards and a touchdown, and Caleb McCreary completed 10-of-16 passes for 105 yards and added three runs for 56 yards a touchdowns.

Kam Miller added nine tackles, and Jay McClaney had eight tackles and two pass break-ups for the Knights’ stingy defense.

Montgomery Academy play at Montgomery Academy next week, while Demopolis (3-2) is at Shelby County.

Trinity 41, Marbury 14

Ross Sanders ran 14 times for 120 yards and three touchdowns, and Thompson McNeese three touchdowns for Trinity at Ragsdale-Boykin Field in Montgomery.

Trinity (6-0) has won every game this season by double digits.

McNeese completed 10-of-11 passes for 221 yards, with two TD passes for Xavier Boswell and one to Winston Phillips.

Trinity plays Sumter Central at home next week, while Marbury (1-5) plays Selma at home.