Hale County

The 2022 high school football season in West Alabama came to a close Friday night but the second season also known as the AHSAA playoffs starts next week. Here is a look at how things wound up this week:

Despite the brutal loss to close out the season, there are plenty of reasons for optimism to surround this Hale County program.

The game was a tightly contested and hard fought battle right up until the end, but Hale County's brutal physicality in the run game won out by the time the final whistle blew.

The regular season is winding down and playoff seeding’s are taking shape in West Alabama high school football. Here’s a look at this week’s scores:

The Tigers trailed the Wildcats by 1-point at halftime but scored 20-unanswered points to ensure they would be in the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year.

The Alabama Christian Academy (ACA) Patriots (4-1) put up a dominant performance for its homecoming game and defeated the Hale County Wildcats (2-3) 41-26 on Friday night, claiming its fourth straight win of the season.

The Hale County Wildcats (4-1, 2-1) had a cat fight against the Southside Selma Panthers (1-4, 0-3) on Saturday night. The teams opted for a Saturday kickoff due to Southside Selma quarantining the last two weeks after experiencing COVID-19 exposure. The Panthers played valiantly despite not practicing the last two weeks but the Wildcats won the game 27-16.

The Hale County Courthouse has closed after an employee has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.

Hale County earned its first trip to the state semifinals after a 53-44 win over Childersburg on Wednesday in the Class 4A Central Regional final.