GDW looks at the 2nd week of the prep football schedule:
Home games for CS, FV, GH, HV and VM on last Friday of August:
GDW Analysis:
Local football for the final Friday of August will be a buzz with five stadiums active for the 2nd week of the 2025 regular season.
Home openers this week take place for Fairview, Good Hope, Hanceville and Vinemont.
Cullman is the lone team with an out of town assignment.
Pleasant weather is expected with kickoff temperature at 7:00 p.m. to be in the low 80s and little chance of rainfall.
Cullman Bearcats at Mortimer Jordan:
Jimmie Trotter Field in Morris
Game will be on cullmanbearcats.com
Series: Cullman 14/5/1
2024: Cullman won 35 to 14
LW: Cullman L 28 to 3 to Bob Jones, MJ lost 44 to 28 to Leeds.
Road opener for Trent Walker at Cullman.
Walker 0 & 1 in 1st season with the Bearcats.
Holly Pond Broncos at Hanceville:
Ray Talley Stadium in Hanceville
Game will be on hollypondbroncos.com
Series: Hanceville 22 to 16
2024: Holly Pond won 74 to 36.
LW: Holly Pond L 25 to 0 to Appalachian, HV lost 65 to 7 to Cold Springs.
Will McDaniel 2nd year at HP, 4 & 7
Levi Estes 2nd year at HV, 1 & 10
HV was 0 & 5 at home in 2024
HP has a 5 game winning streak vs. HV
Curry at Cold Springs Eagles:
Cranford Stricklin Stadium in Cold Springs.
Series: Cold Springs 3 to 1
2024: Cold Springs won 24 to 14
LW: Cold Springs 65 to 7 over Hanceville
Curry defeated Carbon Hill 36 to 14
Brendan Voce 4th year at CS, 14 & 18
Eagles have started the last 3 seasons under Voce 2 & 0.
Springville at Fairview Aggies:
Dafford Smith Stadium in Fairview
Series: Fairview 2 to 1
2024: Fairview won 41 to 14
LW: Fairview defeated Fultondale 48 to 0
Springville lost to Ashville 27 to 21
George Redding 19th year at FV, 128 & 70
Fairview is 49 & 11 since 2020. Home opener for the Aggies. FV was 5 & 1 at home last year.
Southeastern at Vinemont Eagles:
Mark Smothers Stadium in Vinemont
Series: Vinemont 1 to 0
2024: Vinemont won 22 to 8
LW: Vinemont lost 22 to 6 to Falkville
SE lost 7 to 0 to Glencoe
Stephen Robinson 9th year at VM, 36 & 50
1st time SE plays at Vinemont
SE is 3 & 5 all time vs. Cullman Co schools.
West Point Warriors at Good Hope Raiders:
James Shabel Stadium in Good Hope
Game is on WKUL.com
Click on Sports Extra Logo for the game
Series: West Point 25/19/1
2024: Good Hope won 17 to 3
LW: West Point 30 to 6 over Haleyville
Good Hope 24 to 12 over Pisgah in jamboree
Road team has won the last 3 games.
Kevin McCrary 2nd year at WP, 3 & 8
Alan Scott 11th year at GH, 63 & 49
Photo of Cold Springs QB Ayden Black handling the ball in Eagles' 65 to 7 victory vs. Hanceville August 21.
Photo courtesy of Soulmate Snaps.
