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3 local teams fall in area finals

3 local teams fall in area finals

3 local teams fall in area finals
Franklin County Times
ATHENS, COLBERT HEIGHTS, BEAR CREEK — Three Franklin County boys varsity basketball teams made the area finals but were defeated Monday night. The Russellville Golden Tigers advance to Monday night's game after beating Lawrence County ..... Read More

RHS splits with Muscle Shoals

RHS splits with Muscle Shoals

RHS splits with Muscle Shoals
Franklin County Times
MUSCLE SHOALS — The Russellville Golden Tigers picked up a big Class 5A, Area 16 win with a 62-51 road victory over the Muscle Shoals Trojans on Friday, Dec. 14. The Golden Tigers never trailed in the game, and hit several free-throws down the stretch ..... Read More

College football forecasts - week 10

College football forecasts - week 10

It's week 10 of college football.  Looks like another great week of games.  And a pretty nice Saturday weather-wise for the games of local interest.  

Alabama has the marquee matchup, travelling to Baton Rouge to take on LSU in a night game in Death Valley.  The winner of this one is in the driver's seat to win the West and get a slot in the SEC Championship Game.  It will be the 3rd time the Tide and Tigers have met in the last 12 months.

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Russellville 23, Athens 7:

Russellville 23, Athens 7:

Russellville 23, Athens 7:
The Decatur Daily
Shaun Johnson's first-quarter touchdown gave Athens a shot at the upset, but Russellville rallied for the win behind the running of Tyler Boyd. Johnson's 12-yard run in the first quarter gave Athens the early lead, but Boyd scored on runs of 10 and 49 ..... Read More

RHS faces test next few weeks

RHS faces test next few weeks

RHS faces test next few weeks
Franklin County Times
The Russellville Golden Tigers (4-2 overall, 2-2 region) find themselves playing a familiar foe in Athens Friday night. The Golden Tigers defeated the Golden Eagles 17-14 last season and lead the series all-time at 18-7. Athens has a surprising 1-5 ..... Read More

Concussions: A Growing threat to high school football players

Concussions: A Growing threat to high school football players

Decatur Daily

Adrian Taylor, an all-state quarterback at Speake High in 1994, said he never heard the word “concussion” when he played football.

But increased awareness and other factors have led to alarming increases in reports of concussions at high school athletic events — so much so that Alabama has joined others in making laws to protect athletes. And the message is this:

Concussions are a real and growing danger and happen more often that we know.

Tonight's high school football games

Tonight's high school football games

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Florence (1-1, 1-0) at Bob Jones (1-1,1-0)
Radio: FM-93.9
Watch online:
florencefalcons.tv

The skinny: Florence got its first win last week, 49-7, throttling Buckhorn in the second half. The Falcons scored 29 third-quarter points, as QB Kendrick Doss rushed for 142 of his 192 yards, much of it out of the read-option. Doss has 307 yards rushing on 33 carries (9.3 YPC) playing in seven quarters. ... Three-time defending region champ Bob Jones comes into its home-opener with a 23-game winning streak in region play. ... The Patriots lost their season-opener 40-30 at No. 6 Northridge and throttled first-year program James Clemens 72-0 last week. WR Ben Washington has 110 all-purpose yards and two TDs. ... Florence is 2-7 all-time in the series and has never won at Bob Jones in five tries.

Muscle Shoals (2-0, 1-0) at Lawrence County (1-1, 0-1)
Radio: FM-106.3