East Alabama HS Football: Week Four News & Notes
Mark Everett Kelly
Here are some News and Notes from Class 3 Region 5 and Class 4A Region 4 high schools.
Class 3A, Region 5
Glencoe - Outscored 307-27 during their 8-game losing streak.
Hokes Bluff - Won 5 straight vs. Glencoe.
Ohatchee - Outscored opponents 90-22 in last ten quarters (outscored 70-35 in first six quarters)
Piedmont - Looking to start 4-0 for the fourth straight season.
Point differential, 1st 3 games:
2021: +99
2020: +125
2019: +52
2018: +22
Pleasant Valley-1-9 all-time vs. Wellborn, but did win their last game at "The Hill," 27-26 in 2018
Saks - PPG in 1st 2 Class/Region Games:
2021: 46 (1-1)
2020: 6 (0-2)
Walter Wellborn - First 0-3 start since 2009; last started 0-4 in 2008
Weaver - 42 points in their first two Class/Region Games is already ten more than they scored all of 2020 (32)
Class 4A Region 4
Anniston - Antonio "Spoody" Kite: Four TD receptions of at least 25-yds in his last three games.
Cherokee County - 7-0 all-time vs. White Plains
Cleburne County - Lost four straight vs. Handley (last win: 28-7 in 2006). Looking for first 4-0 start since 2007.
Handley - Won 9 straight Class/Region games - last loss 10/11/19 at Lincoln. Outscored opponents 295-99 in those contests (includes two forfeits = 1-0 final).
Jacksonville - Won four of their last five games vs. Munford.
Munford - Last started 0-3 in Class/Region play in 2010 (0-4).
White Plains - Winless in 7 all-time meetings vs. Cherokee County - lost 11 straight games in Class/Region - last win 11/4/2019 vs. Cleburne County.