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:
Fortunately, both schools already had playoff position secure entering Friday night's contest but building momentum and winning the rivalry game was still important for both sides.
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.