Gameday Weekly Game of the Week:
Good Hope Raiders at Addison Bulldogs
Friday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m.
AG Hicks Stadium in Addison
Radio: WKUL FM (92.1) & WKUL.com
Good Hope: 4 & 0, # 6 in 4A state poll
Addison: 5 & 0, # 6 in 1A state poll
SERIES: Addison 17 to 12
2024: Good Hope won 27 to 0
Good Hope: 42 to 7 over West Point, 52 to 0 over Fultondale, 42 to 0 over Haleyville, 34 to 6 over Cordova.
Addison: 41 to 20 over Winston Co, 57 to 0 over Decatur Heritage, 66 to 8 over Shoals Christian, 66 to 0 over Cherokee, 46 to 16 over Hackleburg.
Alan Scott: 11th year at Good Hope, 67 & 49, 15 years coaching with 85 wins, 72 losses.
Scott is 6th all time in wins coaching Cullman County football.
Mark Hastings 1st year at Addison. Hastings coached at Lynn from 2021 to 2024 leading them to a 34 & 14 record. His team in 2024 was 11 & 3 and in the 1A quarterfinals.
Good Hope: 170 points offense, allowed 13
Addison: 278 points offense, allowed 44
The matchup:
Both have been very solid a month into the 2025 schedule.
Addison has regained a positive psyche with Hastings coming in. The Bulldogs were 6 & 5 last season, well below normal numbers expected by this program that has 604 wins in its history and 216 since 2000.
Good Hope is being consistent on efficiency from both sides of the ball.
The Raiders are delivering 42.5 points to the scoreboard and in 16 quarters of play, their defense has yielded 2 touchdowns.
Cordova was the first to score on Scott's Raiders in the 2nd half last week.
From their previous game, a 21 point 2nd quarter enabled Good Hope to take care of Cordova.
Addison turned it loose with 26 points in the final period at Hackleburg to stay undefeated and beat the No. 5 team rated in Class 1A.
This will be the 30th meeting between the two as many memorable battles have gone on with the Raiders and Bulldogs.
For the winner, they will take an unbeaten record into October and get back into regional play.
Good Hope has Curry, Hamilton, Fayette County and Dora in 4A, Region 5 next month. The Curry game will be at home, the others will take place on the road.
Addison will see Waterloo, Meek, Vina and Phillips following this week. These are opponents for the Bulldogs from 1A, Region 7.
Photo of Good Hope WR Carter Rutherford (0) picking up yardage in game vs. Cordova September 19 from James Shabel Stadium.
Photo courtesy of Soulmate Snaps.
