Football High Live: Scores, highlights, photos from Round 2 of the prep playoffs

The road to Birmingham continues tonight around the state.

The No. 1 teams in each classification are all still alive for a state title and face tough challenges tonight.

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Hoover hosts Region 3 rival Hewitt-Trussville in 7A, Clay-Chalkville hosts Briarwood in 6A, Pike Road hosts defending champ St. Paul’s in 5A, Madison Academy hosts Priceville in 4A, Montgomery Catholic travels to Daphne to face Bayside Academy in 3A, Lanett hosts Luverne in 2A and Brantley hosts Millry in 1A. In the AISA, No. 1 Autauga Academy hosts Patrician.

Check back throughout the night for updates on those games and many more:

9:49 PM, What an ending at the Met: Hoover got the ball first in OT and scored for a 24-17 lead. Hewitt countered with a TD and went for 2 and the win. The pass was incomplete. Bucs move on 24-23 and face a rematch against 2-time defending champ Thompson next week at the Met. Wow.

Also:

Clarke County 27, Ariton 20

Opelika 28, Spanish Fort 14 (Toros streak of 27 straight first or second-round playoff wins come to an end)

9:47 PM, More finals … We will have a complete list when all scores come in.

Faith Academy 40, Central-Clay County 33

Thompson 45, Oak Mountain 7

Gardendale 35, Homewood 27

Auburn 56, Enterprise 21

9:45 PM, Meanwhile in 7A South, Auburn and Central-Phenix City may be trying to outdo one another

Central leads Theodore 70-34 with 11:37 still remaining

Auburn leads Enterprise 56-21 with 4:03 left

9:44 PM, Moving on … More finals

Faith Academy 40, Central-Clay County 33

Thompson 45, Oak Mountain 7

9:43 PM, Huge win … in a great game for Faith Academy. Shemar James didn’t play again, but it didn’t matter to the Rams.

9:38 PM, More finals coming in:

Vigor 34, Cherokee County 0

Oneonta 36, Gordo 26

Fyffe 43, J.B. Pennington 0

Southeastern 37, Sulligent 18

Mountain Brook 45, Jackson-Olin 14

Andalusia 48, Demopolis 26

Fairview 35, Russellville 21

9:37 PM, Heading to OT in Hoover: Bucs tied with Region 3 rival Hewitt-Trussville 17-17. What a game in the 7A quarterfinals. Stay tuned.

In a game that may never end, Central-Phenix City leads Theodore 63-27 still in the third.

9:27 PM, Checking in on a pair of thrillers:

In Class 7A: Peyton Argent’s 27-yard field goal is good. Hoover ties Hewitt-Trussville 17-17 with 3:33 left.

In Class 5A: Faith Academy 40, Central-Clay County 33 (3:01 left)

Also in progress:

Gardendale 35, Homewood 20 (1:06 4th)

Central-Phenix City 56, Theodore 20

Baldwin County 22, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 21 (11:55 left)

9:26 PM, More finals:

Pike Road 29, St. Paul’s 17

Clay-Chalkville 56, Briarwood 21

Good Hope 35, Northside 21

Pinson Valley 20, Oxford 0

T.R. Miller 35, Opp 14

9:23 PM, Injury delay: The 7A quarterfinal between Central and Theodore has been stopped due to an injury to Red Devil LB James Smyre. There is 5:02 left in the game with Central comfortably in front. Prayers for James.

9:19 PM, In progress:

Parker 27, Alexandria 24

Clay-Chalkville 44, Briarwood 21 (4:45 left)

Opelika 28, Spanish Fort 14 (3:02 left)

Gardendale 28, Homewood 20 (4:15 left)

Faith Academy 33, Central-Clay County 33 (5:00 left)

Pike Road 29, St. Paul’s 17 (Quinshon Judkins with a 29-yard TD run after an Iverson Hooks INT)

9:16 PM, Getting late now: Here’s some more finals …

Saraland 35, Lee-Montgomery 6

Hueytown 49, McGill-Toolen 17

Piedmont 31, Lauderdale County 0

9:13 PM, Upset alert: Cade Ott Carruth hits Matt Miller on a 23-yard TD on third-and-long and then hits Ryan Shoop for 2 points. Hewitt-Trussville now leads No. 1 Hoover 17-14 with 8:03 remaining. Huskies have had a pair of 99-yard drives.

9:12 PM, Victory formation: UMS-Wright holds on to defeat Greenville 14-12. Bulldogs stopped a try for 2 with 20 seconds left.

9:05 PM, First finals of the night: Montgomery Catholic 31, Bayside Academy 0. Knights have still allowed only 27 points all season. Catholic scored all 31 points in the first half.

Madison Academy 35, Priceville 7

Game of the night? Faith Academy leads Central-Clay County 26-25 with 10:22 left. Terry Heflin with a 17-yard run, but the PAT is no good.

9 PM, Score updates:

Gardendale 21, Homewood 20 (10:51 4th)

Good Hope 35, Northside 21

Pinson Valley 13, Oxford 0 (End 3)

Clay-Chalkville 36, Briarwood 21 (8:42 4th)

Mountain Brook 38, Jackson-Olin 14 (End 3)

8:57 PM, 7A quarterfinal scores:

Hoover 14, Hewitt-Trussville 9 (1:21 3rd)

Thompson 31, Oak Mountain 7

Auburn 42, Enterprise 14 (9:14, 3rd)

Central-Phenix City 49, Theodore 20 (6:54 3rd)

8:56 PM, Defensive score: UMS gets a strip sack on fourth down and Robert Courtney scores a touchdown. Bulldogs now up 14-6 with just over three minutes left against Greenville.

8:54 PM, Patriots back in front: Iverson Hooks scores on a 4-yard TD run and Pike Road is back in front of defending 5A champ St. Paul’s, 22-17, with 10:09 left in the game. The 2-point try was no good.

8:52 PM, Back in front: Christian Burnette with a 85-yard reception on a screen from Colton Wood. Faith retakes the lead on Central-Clay County 26-19 with 1:47 left left in the third in a good one in 5A.

Andalusia 34, Demopolis 18 (3:46 third)

8:50 PM, Tight one at UMS: UMS leading Greenville 7-6 with less than five minutes remaining. Greenville ball.

8:47 PM, All tied: Central-Clay County has rallied from a 19-6 deficit to tie Faith Academy 19-19. Terry Heflin with a 5-yard TD run. 2:41 left in the third.

St. Paul’s 17, Pike Road 16 (End 3)

Hueytown 42, McGill-Toolen 10 (4th)

Good Hope 28, Northside 21 (Early 4th)

8:38 PM, Getting late?

Hoover 14, Hewitt-Trussville 6 (Ahamari Williams 3-yard run, 8:53 3rd Q)

Hueytown 36, McGill-Toolen 10

Madison Academy 21, Priceville 7 (End 3)

Gardendale 21, Homewood 7 (4:37 3rd)

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 21, Baldwin County 19 (Half after a power delay)

UMS-Wright 7, Greenville 6 (UMS stops a Greenville 2-point try, 9:46 left in the game. Laquan Robinson with an 82-yard TD)

Andalusia 34, Demopolis 12 (Omari Latimore 60-yard scoop and score, 8:18 left in the 3rd)

Vigor 28, Cherokee County 0 (2:23 3rd)

St. Paul’s 17, Pike Road 16 (Saints fumble at the Pike Road 15, 4:00 left in the 3rd)

Saraland 28, Lee-Montgomery 6 (Gabe Reynolds 14-yard TD pass to Matthew Milner, 36 seconds left in the 3rd)

Fairview 21, Russellville 14 (3:02 3Q)

Parker 20, Alexandria 17 (10:43 3rd)

8:36 PM, Good one developing … between Faith Academy and Central-Clay County in 5A. A pair of legendary coaches in Jack French and Danny Horn. Faith clinging to a second-half lead.

8:29 PM, Problem solved: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa and Baldwin County have resumed following a power issue. Hillcrest leads 21-13 with 44 seconds left in the half with Baldwin County driving.

Other 6A scores:

Opelika 21, Spanish Fort 7

Gardendale 14, Homewood 7 (8:15 3rd)

In 5A:

UMS-Wright 7, Greenville 0 (End 3, tie flying by at Cooper Stadium)

8:24 PM, Looking around:

Good Hope 21, Northside 7

Jackson Academy 36, Crenshaw 0

Fyffe 37, J.B. Pennington 0

Pleasant Grove 14, Leeds 0 (half)

Cleveland 35, Midfield 14

Winfield 35, Ohatchee 14

Alexandria 17, Parker 12

Decatur Heritage 42, Ragland 24

Saks 22, Oakman 14

Hueytown 30, McGill-Toolen 10

8:13 PM, More key scores:

Pinson Valley 6, Oxford 0 (half)

Central-Phenix City 42, Theodore 20 (half)

Faith Academy 19, Central-Clay County 6

Auburn 36, Enterprise 14 (half)

Opelika 14, Spanish Fort 7 (half)

Hoover 7, Hewitt-Trussville 6 (half)

Mountain Brook 24, Jackson-Olin 14 (half)

Hueytown 22, McGill-Toolen 3 (Earl Woods with 177 yards rushing)

Thompson 24, Oak Mountain 7 (half)

T.R. Miller 14, Opp 0 (half)

Andalusia 20, Demopolis 12

8:08 PM, Saints take the lead: John Wallace Holladay with a 21-yard TD pass to Charles Marston. St. Paul’s has rallied to take a 17-16 lead at the half on No. 1 Pike Road.

8 PM, Score updates:

Gardendale 14, Homewood 0 (half)

Vigor 21, Cherokee County 0 (half)

Central-Phenix City 35, Theodore 14 (4:30 2nd)

Ragland 29, Decatur Heritage 25 (half)

Fyffe 30, JB Pennington 0 (half)

Faith Academy 19, Central-Clay County 6 (31 seconds first half)

Hoover 7, Hewitt-Trussville 6 (Sky Niblett 1 run, 21 seconds left in the half)

Auburn 29, Enterprise 14 (2:47 left in the half)

Saraland 21, Lee-Montgomery 6 (half, Jarel Williams 96 yards and a TD at the half)

7:56 PM, Good Will hunting: Mr. Football candidate Will Stokes with three touchdown runs in the first half. Madison Academy is all over Priceville 21-0 at the half.

7:55 PM, Hanging around: Grayson Miles with a 43-yard FG for St. Paul’s. Saints trail No. 1 Pike Road 16-10 with 2:49 left in the first half.

7:52 PM, Some halftime scores:

Good Hope 14, Northside 7

UMS-Wright 7, Greenville 0

Montgomery Catholic 31, Bayside Academy 0

Piedmont 17, Lauderdale County 0

7:50 PM, Another Friday night, another power problem: The Baldwin County vs. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa game is being delayed due to lighting problems in Bay Minette.

7:48 PM, No. 1 trailing: Cade Ott Carruth with a 12-yard pass to Auburn commit Omari Kelly. Hewitt-Trussville leads No. 1 and unbeaten Hoover 6-0 with 3:01 left in the half.

7:45 PM, No. 18 for Cole: UMS junior RB Cole Blaylock scores his 18th TD of the season on a 7-yard run that caps a 10-play, 60-yard drive. Bulldogs lead Greenville 7-0 late second.

7:34 PM, Safety dance: Top recruit Khurtiss Perry tackles St. Paul’s Tyjaun Able in the end zone for a safety and a 9-7 lead. Iverson Hooks then scores on a 12-yard TD run, set up by Anthony Rogers long return. Patriots now lead 16-7 with 8:25 left in the half.

Thompson 14, Oak Mountain 7 (End 1)

Andalusia 14, Demopolis 6 (2nd Q)

Faith Academy 7, Central-Clay County 6 (Colton Wood with a 53-yard pass to Dorian Smith)

Vigor 13, Cherokee County 0 (Abraham Daniels with a 29-yard TD reception)

Auburn 21, Enterprise 7 (8:52 2nd)

Montgomery Catholic 24, Bayside Academy 0 (Late 2nd)

Hueytown 8, McGill-Toolen 3

Central-Phenix City 21, Theodore 14

Alexandria 7, Parker 0

Gardendale 14, Homewood 0 (2:04 2nd)

Fyffe 22, J.B. Pennington 0 (2nd)

Pinson Valley 7, Oxford 0

Mountain Brook 10, Jackson-Olin 0

7:31 PM, Scoring first: Central-Clay County is up on the road at Faith Academy. It’s 6-0.

Also, Theodore and Central-Phenix City are going back-and-forth. Tametrius Pogue with a 23-yard pass to Ryheem Quinney for the Bobcats. Caleb Nix with a 6-yard run for the Red Devils. It’s 14-14 after one quarter.

Auburn leads Enterprise 14-7 after one.

7:25 PM, All even at Pike Road: Christopher Bracy with a 4-yard TD run for St. Paul’s, set up by Jaylen Sulton’s 69-yard run. The Saints are tied at 7-7 with undefeated and No. 1 Pike Road.

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 21, Baldwin County 13

7:22 PM, More End 1 scores:

Madison Academy 7, Priceville 0

Gardendale 0, Homewood 0

Faith Academy 0, Central-Clay County 0

Hoover 0, Hewitt-Trussville 0

7:20 PM, After 1: UMS-Wright and Greenville are scoreless after one quarter in Mobile in Class 5A.

7:13 PM, Home away from home: Vigor seems to have no ill affects from it’s 5-hour road trip to Center. Jacori Barnes with a 12-yard run. Wolves lead 7-0 on the road in 4A.

Also:

American Christian 7, Jacksonville 7

Highland Home 7, Elba 0

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 14, Baldwin County 13

T.R. Miler 7, Opp 0

Montgomery Catholic 14, Bayside Academy 0

Pike Road 7, St. Paul’s 0 (Quinshon Judkins 1-yard run, 3:20 1st Q)

Auburn 14, Enterprise 7 (5:13 1st Q)

Northside 7, Good Hope 0

7:04 PM, Quick starts:

Theodore 7, Central-Phenix City 7

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 7, Baldwin County 6

Montgomery Catholic 7, Bayside Academy 0

McGill-Toolen 3, Hueytown 0

Auburn 7, Enterprise 0

Demopolis 7, Andalusia 0

6:53 PM, Impressive record on the line: Spanish Fort is 27-0 in first or second-round playoff games. The Toros will have that streak tested tonight at Opelika.

6:50 PM, 7A rematches: Three of four 7A quarterfinal games are rematches tonight.

Hewitt-Trussville at Hoover

Oak Mountain at Thompson

Enterprise at Auburn

6:45 PM, An early mascot challenge:

6:40 PM, Longest road trip of the night? How about Vigor traveling to Cherokee County in Class 4A? Centre, Ala., is about 300 miles from Prichard — a cool 5-hour drive at least.

6:35 PM, Scenes from around the state:

6:03 PM, One game down: Autauga Academy advanced to the AISA Class AA championship game next week on Thursday by beating Patrician 53-20.

4:06 PM, Wow: Justin McNelley reporting that Pike Liberal head coach Mario White has resigned ahead of tonight’s playoff game. Strange timing. Good reporting by Justin.

TONIGHT’S SECOND-ROUND PAIRINGS

CLASS 7A QUARTERFINALS

Theodore (10-1) at Central-Phenix City (11-0)

Enterprise (8-3) at Auburn (10-1)

Oak Mountain (7-4) at Thompson (10-1)

Hewitt-Trussville (9-2) at Hoover (11-0)

CLASS 6A SECOND ROUND

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (9-2) at Baldwin County (8-3)

Lee-Montgomery (8-2) at Saraland (9-2)

Hueytown (10-1) at McGill-Toolen (7-4)

Spanish Fort (10-1) at Opelika (8-3)

Oxford (7-4) at Pinson Valley (8-3)

Jackson-Olin (9-2) at Mountain Brook (10-1)

Gardendale (9-2) at Homewood (6-5)

Briarwood (10-1) at Clay-Chalkville (11-0)

CLASS 5A SECOND ROUND

Demopolis (7-4) at Andalusia (7-4)

Greenville (8-3) at UMS-Wright (10-1)

Central-Clay County (9-2) at Faith Academy (6-4)

St. Paul’s (8-3) at Pike Road (10-0)

Ramsay (6-4) at Center Point (8-3)

Leeds (10-1) at Pleasant Grove (9-1)

Fairview (10-1) at Russellville (9-2)

Parker (10-1) at Alexandria (11-0)

CLASS 4A SECOND ROUND

Jacksonville (7-3) at American Christian (10-1)

Vigor (10-1) at Cherokee County (7-3)

Bibb County (9-2) at Handley (8-2)

Jackson (9-2) at St. James (10-1)

Priceville (10-1) at Madison Academy (10-1)

Good Hope (8-3) at Northside (10-1)

Randolph (10-1) at Brooks (11-0)

Gordo (9-2) at Oneonta (10-1)

CLASS 3A SECOND ROUND

Trinity (9-2) at Montgomery Academy (8-3)

Opp (9-2) at T.R. Miller (9-2)

Montgomery Catholic (11-0) at Bayside Academy (9-2)

Hillcrest-Evergreen (6-5) at Slocomb (8-3)

Fyffe (9-1) at J.B. Pennington (8-3)

Oakman (9-2) at Saks (10-1)

Lauderdale County (10-1) at Piedmont (9-2)

Ohatchee (9-2) at Winfield (11-0)

CLASS 2A SECOND ROUND

B.B. Comer (9-2) at J.U. Isabella (8-3)

Ariton (10-1) at Clarke County (9-2)

Luverne (9-1) at Lanett (9-2)

Elba (10-1) at Highland Home (6-5)

Sulligent (7-4) at Southeastern-Blount (7-4)

Cleveland (9-2) at Midfield (9-1)

Tanner (8-3) at Mars Hill Bible (8-3)

Aliceville (8-3) at Spring Garden (11-0)

CLASS 1A SECOND ROUND

Notasulga (9-1) at Keith (9-1)

Millry (8-3) at Brantley (10-0)

Linden (5-4) at Maplesville (10-1)

Kinston (8-3) at Sweet Water (10-0)

Woodland (4-7) at Meek (8-3)

Hubbertville (8-2) at Wadley (10-1)

Decatur Heritage (9-2) at Ragland (9-2)

Winterboro (7-4) at Pickens County (9-2)

AISA SEMIFINALS

CLASS AAA

Glenwood (6-4) at Pike Liberal Arts (10-1)

Lee-Scott (8-2) at Tuscaloosa Academy (6-4)

CLASS AA

Escambia Academy (10-1) at Chambers Academy (10-1)

Autauga Academy 53, Patrician 20

CLASS A

Sparta (9-1) at Lowndes Academy (9-3)

Crenshaw Christian (7-3) at Jackson Academy (9-1)