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And Warehouse Tackle. Now let's join the Falcons radio crew live from the stadium for pre-game coverage. And then there were 16. That is the number of teams in Class 5A still playing football in the 2026 season. And for Florence to take a major step toward the state title, they will first have to navigate a minor speed bump tonight. Welcome to Florence Falcons football. Hello, everyone. Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons. And welcome to the TNT Fireworks pre-game show here on 93.9, the score of your home for Florence Falcons football.

Beautiful, cold, blustery night. Just what you want in November. It's going to be fun tonight. And it's going to be at Electric here at Brawley Stadium. Joined now by my color analyst and good friend, Mike Albertson. And Mike, welcome to mid-November football. And the big question everyone wants to know is the guy from New Jersey, Mike Albertson. Is tonight a short pants night or a long pants night? I absolutely have shorts on. I wore shorts all season long. There was no reason to change it now.

Weather, you know, throw that out the window. I'm an old baseball player. And baseball players are a little superstitious. So I decided to wear the old shorts. I threw you under the bus. I knew before I asked the question what it was going to be because I just challenged you with the question. That's like, oh, he's wearing shorts, not for sure. But we are nicely in the beautiful press box here at Brawley Stadium here at Charles C. Anderson Senior Field. And it's nice and warm where we are tonight.

You know, we'll have the windows up and we'll get a good brisk part of this weather throughout the game. But it won't be as cold as it is for those on the sideline like our good friend Jeffrey Jones in a few minutes. We'll get with him as well. But it is going to be a cold night. Probably already under 40 degrees. I'd say close to 39, 38 degrees already. And going to drop a little more before the evening is over. Mike, last week, what a thrilling victory. It was a taste of what playoff football is like.

But it's only going to get tougher. Oh, absolutely. You know, there's a tough road ahead for, you know, as long as we stay in this thing. You know, it's really all these teams are good. They're really good football teams. And each and every week is going to be a tough matchup. You know, and as we see this minor team coming in, you know, the mistakes of last week when we were playing against St. Clair County, like those mistakes were amplified. You know, those three turnovers and multiple penalties got us in position for a victory there.

And so it becomes more intense. And the mistakes, you know, you've got to clean those up and make sure that you're playing the best football yet this time of year. Mike, I'm not sure what the final score will be tonight. But I have a feeling for the Falcons, they will score 35 points because they have in the last two games. You're talking about a Falcons offense that's overcoming back-to-back 14 and at zero starts, though, in the last two weeks. They've got into a little rhythm, but let's break that rhythm a little bit, especially on the defensive side.

Oh, absolutely. You know, you can't give these good teams a 14-point pad right off the bat. It's just not going to happen, especially as you get deeper in these playoffs. But really getting the offense clicking on both sides, both on the ground and in the air, is going to be important to be able to mix some things up and give people some gaps and spaces as we go through this game. They've been able to put up 35 points, and this defense has been stout, getting a few takeaways as well.

So, you know, this is going to be one of those match-ups. This minor team is pretty dang good, and we're going to have to have our best game to come away with a victory. We'll be in the 30s before the Knights over temperature-wise, 43 right now. But maybe that 21 point is a number to keep an eye on as well because Florence has not given up more than 21 points on any game this season. They've given up 21 several times, and they've scored 35 several times. So if Florence can get over 21 and get to that 35 mark, it's usually a good way to look for Florence.

They'll have a good chance at this one for sure. Minor and Florence have one common opponent this year, Jasper. The Vikings took on Florence early in the season. Florence defeated them 50-21 back in week two. Then Minor took on the Vikings of Jasper in October 23rd, and they beat them by a score of 32-25. Now, you compare scores, you get in trouble. Anyone that knows anything about that, you can't do that. But it's the only common opponent these two teams have. Minor last week in round one knocked off A-Rab 26-21.

[5:15] Meanwhile, Florence defeated St. Clair County 35-21. And, Mike, the deeper the playoffs go, the more I feel like, and you probably would agree with this, I think, coaching and the chess matches, all those things start to play bigger and bigger parts. Oh, absolutely. You know, as the season goes on, you put some things on film, you work on some things, but, you know, when the playoffs, when it's winter go home, you kind of open up the playbook. Everything's an option. Every little wrinkle and added play that you can throw in there, a different look, you're going to try and do it at this point.

You know, it's not only that the playbook, you know, expands, but it really becomes a coaching battle. How you manage the clock, how you manage your timeouts, how you manage the field position battle. Those things are all super important, and, you know, you're going to see things that you might not have seen all year out of both of these teams, but it's winter go home, so let it ride. The tenacious Tigers of minor came up earlier this morning, got here, did a little walkthrough at the University of North Alabama field there, and then tonight coming over here, getting ready to take on the Falcons.

So, it's a big road game for them, a big home game for Florence. We have been that road team so many times, it's so nice to be home, and I know Kenny Marson's glad to be home as well. And earlier this week, I sat down and talked with Coach Marson about tonight's game. Here are the thoughts from the head coach of the Florence Falcons. Joined now by head coach Kenny Marson, the Florence Falcons. And, Coach, round one is in the books, a big win last week.

Got to feel good coming out there with that first win. Yeah, it was a tough one. St. Clair County, really talented football team. They took us to the edge and jumped out on us early, and they made us work for it. It was a really good football team, and we needed that out the gate to get us in a playoff mode. Coach, you've got a chance to become one of eight final teams left in Class 5A. Pretty impressive to be in that guard. You're going up against a really good team this week.

Yeah, minor's a good football team. And, yeah, when you get down to 16, then down to eight, all the way down to the championship. But it's a talented group in 5A, so in the 5A North. So we're fortunate to be where we are right now in round two. In the first round, the region's matched up in a way that tells us a lot about things. And our region ended up winning three games. I think it tells you a lot about where we stand. Yeah, I've said the SEC North for a long time.

And this bunch showed out last week, three out of four wins. And then that with Austin losing to Clay Chotville, Clay Chotville being a really tough bunch. But, yeah, three out of four in our region. We've got a well-coached region and some kids that play really hard in our region. Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison, the Florence Falcons. And, Coach, what is the big thing we face against minor? They're athletic, and the biggest thing they're facing is us. We can't get down 14-0 like we did last week and the week before.

And we have, at times throughout the year, get down and trying to fight back. We're our own worst enemy sometimes, and we've got to play ahead of the score, jump out early, and not get behind. Coach, a lot of people traveling to the game right now. What would be your comment to the fans tonight? Weather the storm. It's going to be a windy, cold night. But we hope everybody's out tonight. Bundle up. It's football weather. It's playoff time. It's weather's going to get like this. So it's going to be a fun night for football.

Going to be a little chilly, but get some excitement in the air, and it'll warm everybody up. Coach, best of luck, okay? Thank you. All right, that's Coach Kenny Morrison of the Florence Falcons. You're listening to the TNT Fireworks pregame show. Back in one minute. Hello, my name is Keith Medley, and I'm an attorney with the law firm of Johnson, Passeur, Medley, and Burchill. Why call an out-of-town lawyer when you can call our law firm, which has over 100 years of combined experience in all areas of the law?

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[10:21] Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson, glad to be with you on the call tonight. And last Friday, Mike, quarterback Costin Mahan showed he is ready for the playoff lights. The lights were not too bright for him. They definitely were not. You know, that was something that we knew going into this season, that the lights are never going to be too bright for him. He's really grown over this year as well. You know, he's done it through the air, but this past week he was asked to do something that he hasn't had to do all year long, which was run the ball.

And he ran the ball quite well, had 14 carries for 49 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. And just as he's grown as a player, you know, in the playoffs, you have those games where the quarterback needs to do something different to put it on his back and win one. And he did that last week. And so looking for a different scenario this week where maybe he doesn't have to run the ball as much, but just being able to toss the ball around to his guys and let them do their thing is going to be super important.

And as the season and as the playoffs go on, Costin Mahan is going to continue to grow. One of the biggest fans of Florence High School and Florence City Schools slipping in here to say hello. That's Judge Tease. Good to see Judge Tease here with us tonight. He'll be down there flipping the coin later on. And looking forward to that being ushered around by Rod Griffin here. So good to see him tonight here in the booth for a minute as well. And, Mike, last Friday night, and it's been this way for 12 weeks, a different defensive player has always seemed to step up for Florence.

May I introduce you to Landon Rayner, number 15? Yeah, Landon Rayner had a great game last game. You know, he wound up being one of the highlights of your pre-playoff show that you had. And he was able to continue that streak of just having a big game after old KJ is able to ask you a few questions, put it on the field that next week. Had a few big tackles, a few big plays, pass breakups, things like that. But that big interception late in the game was one of those deals that you just knew it was a special night for the Falcons.

I'm a little concerned we didn't have the Thursday night show this week. We had a bonfire, so I'm not sure which kid will get the KJ blessing this week, but we'll see. So I was going to ask you, I was going to flip the script a little bit and ask you, put on your little color analyst hat for a second. What do you think? Who is your guy now that you're going to extend that blessing to this week? It's Jaden Irons. Jaden Irons practiced Thursday, and I had to go interview Coach Morrison for tonight's show.

And Jaden Irons was in the locker room there, and he saw me, and he engaged me. I didn't engage him, he engaged me, maturity of a senior, fine young man. And I just feel like tonight's going to be one of those nights he really shows out. So watch for 23 tonight, and we'll see if it comes to fruition or not for this great team. But it's been fun to watch this team. They have been fun to watch, Mike, on defense and offense, but especially that defense, I think.

Like we said, somebody different every week. And it's also been fun to see them just enjoy the game. Yes, I mean, look, each and every week, you know, there's excitement on that field. You know, the intensity, the effort is all there. And that defense, they fly around, they put their hats on guys, and they really get after it. And it's a testament to, you know, Coach Wisdom and his work and Coach Morrison and what they all pour into this program. But that defense, those leaders, Jaden Irons, you talked about Bo Burski, those guys, you know, plus the defensive lineup front, you know, really as this team goes, is that front seven goes as well.

So it's going to be a big night for those guys tonight. Joined now by our sideline reporter, Jeffrey Jones, who will be wrapped up, I'm pretty sure. JJ, how many layers are you going to have on tonight, do you think? Well, so far right now, I'm in the comfort of Brawley Stadium press box, so I've only got three. Once I go down there, who knows, I got five available. So I'm going to try to stay in my Falcon Blue for as long as I can, but I've got some camo gear that I might have to change into.

But it's a little chilly. I'll come back to that in a minute about the weather and how it could impact the game, but I wanted to mention that we had, as we said, Judge Ed Tease to stop by to see us. One of the biggest supporters of Florence City Schools for many, many, many years. And really, behind the scenes, he would probably get mad at me for telling us, but he can't hear you say it. Behind the scenes, he was one of the big ones to say, hey, let's get this Florence City School to be one school.

He saw the need for that many years back, and he'll push that a little bit along with several others. But just a fine gentleman we have there. Let's be clear about one thing. Judge Tease is a coffee guy. Yeah. Now, those of us that lived it, we can kind of pick a side. We're all Florence guys. We know that. But back in the day, he was a coffee guy. He would show up at our practices. Oh, yeah. Which was right out there in that… Getting the kids to practice on time.

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Apologies for getting a little bit of a, well, some cold weather. Maybe got our cords here a little bit. Maybe KJ kicked the cord. I don't know, but something happened. But we're back with you now. You know, we're talking about the cold weather tonight. It could play an impact in this game, JJ. It will play an impact in this game. And if anyone says it won't, then, you know, these kids aren't used to this. They've practiced in it, but they haven't played a game in it.

And when the pads pop and the helmets hit in the cold weather, it's a little bit more of an impact. So, you know, we will see a little bit of some bundling up going on. There's a little bit of wind, too. So, you know, it's football weather. There's no doubt about that. I'm not really necessarily happy about it, but I will say this. I'm a 90 and above, 95 and above degrees guy. But if you tell me we're going to be playing when it's cold, up closer to Thanksgiving every year, I'll take it every time.

You know, I just, I'm happy to see that we're playing when it's colder. It feels right. I agree with that. And Jeffrey Jones, our sideline reporter here. Last year, our last game was in Mobile, and it was equivalent to a week ago, and we were wearing short sleeves. We could have been pulling a mic and wearing shorts that night. Well, we were just running down from the beach when we played that game, too, so that was part of it. J.J., a physical game. Florence had our last week against St. Clair County, but they showed so much discipline, and that was a big part of that win.

They did. You know, there's been a time or two in our radio career where we kind of got frustrated as a team, and we would fire back and we'd retaliate. Those days seemed to be over. Yeah. You know, as far as playing with discipline. Now, we did have a little bit of a late hit over there on the sidelines late in the game, which, you know, we paid our penalty for. You know, we got 15 yards on that. But other than that, we kept our cool. You know, St. Clair County, which was a very talented team, very talented team, I will say again, they did not.

They kind of lost their composure multiple times during the game, and, you know, I'm not sure if it's because they were retaliating against us or whatever, but, you know, at the end of the day, we showed a lot of discipline, and that shows maturity, and I'm glad to see that. It's game what? 12? Game 12. That's right. Yeah, it's time. It's time for us to be mature. 10-1 on the season in Florence, 8-3 for the minor Tigers. And, J.J., I'm not sure how to act because we talked about it a little bit, but back-to-back home games, man, we haven't had that in so long.

I don't know if we've ever had back-to-back home games, maybe since 2014's last time we did a huge advantage of them. Well, that would be before my time. So, as far as I'm concerned, I don't remember having back-to-back. You were talking about back-to-back playoff games. Yeah. Yeah, it hadn't happened since I've been on board. And so, you know, here's the thing. If we play the cards right, we get this win tonight, and if something happens down south that we want to have – well, that – That probably will happen.

Will likely happen, we could be playing here again next week. So, that's the goal for me. The goal is to be playing at home next week. Let's not go on the road for another two weeks. That's – I'm sure Garner, Pierce, Auto, while they're very good to us, they wouldn't argue with us on not having to give us a car next week. And we do want to say thank you to Garner, Pierce, Auto, for taking care of us on our travel. We have not had to do that.

And if Clay Chauvel were to win tonight and Florence were to win tonight, next week, just a week before Thanksgiving, we'll be playing right back here at Brawley Stadium against one of the top teams in Class 5A, one of the top teams in the state of Alabama as well. Well, it's cold outside, but it's warm in the 93.9 score studios. James Moody and friends are there to take care of that. So, James, I'll let you take it away. Thank you, Kevin. Yes, we'll be following all the playoff action in the north bracket and also statewide in 6A, including but not limited to Mars Hill and Tuscaloosa Academy, also Sulligent and Addison, Cold Springs and Lexington, Waterdale County and Hatton.

We also have Boaz and Muscle Shoals, Russellville and Parker, Hewitt Trussell and James Clemens, Bestavie Hills and Sparkman, and we'll be keeping up with the Clay Chalkville and Douglas game. Also, three teams still alive in Tennessee, Wayne County, Summertown and Giles County. We'll be keeping up with that. We'll also be keeping up with Alabama basketball tonight against Seton Hall. We'll be keeping up with the college football, Florida State Pitt, Illinois, UCLA, Houston, Colorado all tonight. So, we'll be keeping up with all that tonight. And join me after the game at 10 p.m. for the AHSA Statewide Scoreboard Show, and we'll have you all the playoff score rundowns for you.

[21:11] Now back to the stadium for more of the pregame show. Thank you, James Moody here at Brawley Stadium. Cold night, crowd starting to come in pretty good. Florence getting ready to take on Miner here in about 40 minutes. And a key, well, a big game, obviously, is 5A playoffs. Winner keeps playing, loser season comes to an end. So, it's a winner or not here for both teams tonight. So, we'll see how it plays out. Also, I want to say a big shout-out to our good friends at Lost Pizza in Florence.

Lost Pizza will take care of you. They satisfied us with the great pizzas tonight, great meal. Mike, what did you have tonight? Did you get the salad tonight? I had the Caesar salad once again. Got to go with the routine. The girl that got me here is the one I'm going to be dancing with. The routine is very important, and I agree with that. So, I went with the pizza. What do you got there, JJ? Hey, sorry to interrupt. I think that this week and last week, Lost Pizza deserves a special shout-out because last week I added it on to our order.

We always get the same thing. You know, we know that. But I added on a little dessert pizza. And then this week, you know, every week me and Mike share some wings. And so, John got on board. John had a couple of wings. He said, hey, can you get some more of those? He said, yeah, I can do that. So, I added on some wings for John. And, boy, they're good. You know, I always get the tamales and some wings. And so, we kind of switched up a little bit and got John on board on some wings.

Very good. Hey, congratulations, Florence Falcon's cross-country team. The boys and girls both placing in the top ten, I believe, and top five even did a great job. But especially want to shout-out to Charlie Hollinsworth, who is the state champion individually for the 5K for cross-country in Class 5A. He did a tremendous job, a 15-19 time. And Charlie Hollinsworth, congratulations on being a state champion, an individual for cross-country. And congratulations to both the boys and the girls cross-country teams. Countdown to kickoff of Falcons football continues. You're listening to the TNT Fireworks pregame show.

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Cypress Creek Indoor Range is located at 5060, Highway 157, and Underwood, Petersville. On the web, cypresscreekrange.com, and on social media. Go Falcons! Welcome back to the T&T Fireworks pregame show, Florence Falcons football. Second round of the playoffs in Class 5A. Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, glad to be with you. And Mike, the winner of tonight's game, plays the winner of that Clay Chalkville-Douglas next week. Region 7, 3-1, not bad. Oh, absolutely not bad. It's good to be in a strong region, and we definitely, you know, it's also nice to see that the three teams are tucked in this upper northwest corner.

The three most local teams, I mean, us and the two others. I mean, it really is just nice to see those teams, most local to us in our region, win those games, because those are all people that we know, all families and friends and things like that. Our communities are so close. So, it's just good to be in that nice, strong region, and it goes to show you you play tough opponents. It helps you down the road as well. I know the two favorites in the north are probably Parker and Clay Chalkville.

We've all heard that. They are probably just above everybody else a little bit. They're juggernauts, no doubt about it. But the fact is, wouldn't it be cool if somehow two teams from this region could end up in that semifinals? Boy, it would be amazing, and so we're pulling for that. That would be a nice little gesture. By the way, if Florence was one of those teams, then Florence would be at home all four games in that. But we've got to take care of tonight, so Coach Morrison will get mad at me talking about all the way down the road.

First things first, the minor Tigers. Let's bring in our statistician, a guy that's been on this field in November before, playing for the University of North Alabama, John McDaniel. John, these cold November days at Brody Stadium bring back some memories, I'm sure. Yeah, it really does. It was one of the fondest sports events was playing on Thanksgiving weekend, having a whole team dinner type thing. It's always a privilege. It's something that you earn to do that. And, yeah, I've got a lot of special memories. Brody is always special for guys of my era from UNA that it feels like a second home.

[26:20] Florence had to make adjustments last week, and they did. Not every staff and team willing to do those changes. I was impressed by the adjustments. Were you what you saw as well? Absolutely, that was. You're right. Not all coaches like to make changes. Many coaches, as a matter of fact, have, this is what we do. It's worked in the past. It'll work now. Our guys, of course, the coaches came out with a game plan, and credit to St. Clair. They had schemed, and they were getting some things that they wanted offensively.

They were, for our offense, they were trying to take away some of our receivers in our run game, packing the box, and they left open the quarterback run. And it was obvious after about the third play that was going to be it. Costin was going to sink or swim, and fortunately for us, we swam, and he had one of his best games. And defensively, they made a point. They were going to shut down Jaden White. He's the centerpiece of our defense. And they did a great job, so Coach Wisdom moved him from out to the outside and helped with pressure.

They also had put in some new plays, St. Clair did, that isolated some of our defensive backs in man coverage, forcing us. And Coach Wisdom made a few adjustments, managed to be able to get a spy on the quarterback, who was a terrific player. And after the first 14 points, really, they were able to shut the faucet off and just played a terrific game. So credit to the coaches for identifying. You know, it's one thing to say, hey, this is what they're doing. It's a whole other thing to say, I got the answer to the test.

And our guys did it last week. Credit to them, and that's part of the reason the Falcons are playing this week. Yeah, Coach Harrell Wisdom, I wouldn't say drew it up in the dirt. He drew it up in the artificial turf, and it worked. So we'll take that. And let's talk about this, John. Some players, and defensively, the ball just seems to find them. And one of those players for Florence we've already mentioned, I have, Jaden Irons. Why is it sometimes that ball just seems to find certain players, you think?

You know, I've always thought there's an element of luck in that, always being in the right place. But I only think that's a very small percentage. I think it's always been, you know, the harder I work, the more lucky I got. And he has certainly been one of those guys who has put a tremendous amount of effort, hustling to the ball, making extra effort plays to get into space. I think we've got him credited for maybe five fumble recoveries on the season and something like four touchdowns.

So he's having a terrific year. That's a great year. Actually, that's a great career for a lot of people. He's having a terrific season. But it's because he's put so much effort in off the field. He's a terrific kid. We've mentioned that. And, you know, it's glad to see him having a lot of success. But it's because he is working for it. Well, it's going to be a fun one tonight. And I know Jeffrey Jones is pretty close to the coach there. But we will wait for a minute.

He's still got a minute before the coach gets over there. This minor team, John, they're not here by mistake. They're plenty good. They're definitely not a mistake. When you're in the second round of the playoffs, you're a good football team. And the Falcons hopefully have identified these guys. Just because whatever you kind of look like on film, they're going to be a lot tougher. And let's go down to Jeffrey on the sideline with the coaches. JJ, take it away with Coach Kenny Morrison. I didn't want to interrupt y'all, but got an important guy here to talk to.

Coach, weather's turned a little cool. Someone left the A.C. on last night. Yeah, it's nice, though. There's no wind. We thought it was going to be blowing pretty hard. It's not. I think it's not near what Austin was. So, it's going to be a great night in football. All right, let's call somebody out right now. So, who shrunk the blue jerseys? Or is this superstition that we're wearing all black again? Kids like black on black. We love it. And they've been successful. They've played their best in it all year.

So, we're going to continue to wear it. Tonight's game, what we kind of don't need to do is, you mentioned it in the pregame interview, 14-0 before we get started. How do we combat that? We just got to come out and play our game early, start fast. We've got to tackle well in this cold. And just hold on to football. The ball security will be premium tonight. I know. Our biggest opponent is going to be us, obviously. But we also have a little bit of fun on the other side, the minor Tigers.

Very talented coming to 8-3 off their strong season for them. Yeah, they're a really talented football team. Just watched them walk off the field. They looked the part for sure. Got some talent. Number four is a really talented receiver. Real good player. Quarterback. He's hard to contain. So, you know, it'll be a lot what we faced last week with St. Clair County. But we can't spot them 14. Thanks, Coach. Good luck. Thank you, Jeffrey Jones. with Coach Kenny Marson. Minor high school coach by Rico Jackson. His first season for the Tigers, 8-3 on the season.

He's 93-73 overall, though, as a head coach. He took Aniston to the 4A title game last year. So, he has been at the state championship before. And also in 2A back in 2016. Aniston was 4A. Aliceville was 2A back in 2016. He's been to state championship games. Came up runner-up both times. Meanwhile, Kenny Marson, in his fifth season at Florence High School, he also has taken a team to a state championship, going 15-0 over the Fayetteville Tigers up in Fayetteville, Tennessee, in 2020, winning it all there. So, congratulations to them on that.

[31:37] Kenny Marson also is now the all-time winningest coach at Florence High School after the victory last week over St. Clair County. Florence and Minor have met four times, each win and twice. Florence have won the last two meetings, including a 27-14 victory in 2023. And oddly, Minor has played at Brawley Stadium. We've said four times these two teams have met. But Minor has played here three times. Only once has Florence traveled to Adamsville to take on Minor. It was at the end of the season. I think back in 2006, if I'm not mistaken, when that was.

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Tonight, the Falcons can take another minor step in the program with a victory over the tenacious Tigers. Minor High School is a proud community with a rich tradition in football over the years, and the Falcons will need to play a complete game from start to finish to take down the team in purple and white. It's a long, hard-fought battle to make the playoffs. It's even a more difficult road to get to the next game. But tonight, the Falcons have a chance to become one of eight teams remaining in Class 5A to chase the title.

The season's flight has been one incredible journey, but something tells me the Falcons team has a whole lot more left in the team. Let's enjoy the flight, and hopefully the next stop will be the quarterfinals of the Class 5A playoffs. Come on, Falcon fans, let's cheer on the boys in blue. Florence Falcons football, it starts right now. Welcome back to Florence Falcons football, Brawley Stadium, Charles C. Anderson senior field, TNT fireworks pregame show. Kevin Johnson, Mike Albertson, Jeffrey Jones, John McDaniel on the call on a frigid night around 42 degrees and dropping right now, and before we get to the fourth quarter, probably going to be in the high or to mid-30s, so it's been one of the coldest games we've had here.

We were talking off the air a little bit about the coldest games we remember at Brawley Stadium. Jeffrey Jones on the sideline, what was the coldest one you remember with the University of North Alabama playing? IUPUI was the, was, can you hear me? Yeah, I think it was IUP. I'm going to correct you on that, but yeah, I know what you're talking. Indiana University, Pennsylvania. Yeah, well, I mean, it's IUPUI, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, that was the coldest one I remember. I thought it was 93.

You said it might have been, what, 92? Well, 93 was when that one was. Yes, 93 was that one. By the way, the coach for IUPUI that day was the Kirk Cignetti's dad, Frank Cignetti was the coach for that game, so an interesting thing there. That's a random stat. A lot of famous coaches coming through here. John, what's the coldest one you remember? I don't know about remember, but the coldest one I played in was, I believe it was a second round game against Carson Newman. We could not get enough layers no matter what we did.

I don't know the temperature, but it was super cold and pads in the helmet. Mike, do you remember one of the coldest games you've ever been in, maybe, say, up Jersey way when you played baseball? I don't remember who the opponent was, but we had a snowstorm the night before. We worked on the field for about five hours in the morning to play a game later on that night, and the warning track still had ice on it, so it wasn't really a warning track. You were slipping and sliding right into the fence if you had an issue there.

But yeah, it was probably, it was definitely about 34, 33, 34 degrees in that game. I believe it was 1992 when Jacksonville State and Mississippi College played here, or maybe 91, something like that, they played here in the famous snowball here for the championship. It snowed three inches of snow, maybe even four inches there, unexpectedly overnight, and waking up to the ground covered, and so they got the field in the best condition they could, but man, it was the coldest, coldest day. The game ended up being a 3-0 Jacksonville State win that day, but that was the coldest one I ever remember being at.

[37:09] Kevin, I believe that was actually in 1989. 89, that's right. Yep, 1989, so it was a cold, cold day, so we remember some cold ones. For high school, I remember Florence High School playing Russellville in the last game of the year, and it actually spit a little snow during the afternoon, so that was a cold day, and then also, I remember the Florence Hoover game was pretty cold, too, so we've had some good ones, and some very cold nights here at Brawley Stadium. This is going to be one of the coldest ones here tonight, though.

We know that. Mike Albertson, as we saw last week, special teams in the playoffs, they become a little bit bigger every week. They certainly are. You know, it's one of the three phases of the game, so you've got to be excellent at it, and so you can win or lose a game in special teams, and Florence does a great job with their special teams unit. Hats off to Coach Cobb there, but being able to have them, you know, be able to cover the kicks is important.

Our kicker has the leg to put it into the end zone, which is a great equalizer as well. Getting the ball out of the hands of their big playmakers is certainly important coverage. We do well. Our kicker, Parker Greenhall, has done just a great job putting the ball through the uprights. You know, long snappers, all the guys, the untung heroes, if you're not calling out their name, guess what? They're doing a great job. So, you know, the special teams has really been one of the facets of the game that we've pretty well dominated all year.

John, the Florence Falcons have gone to the old-fashioned under center eye formation on a night like this. You can just sense it's going to be a cold night getting that eye formation, but in all of that, they have found a fullback, Locke Tejada, who has come in, and he has quietly done his role because his job is not necessarily to carry the ball, but he is to be that extra blocker, and he has done great. Yeah, as Mike mentioned, just to carry over, that when you don't mention someone's name in a blocking capacity, they're doing a really good job.

He is a 5'7", 205-pound bowling ball that will clear lanes. He does a terrific job. I love that they've gone in the short yardage out of the used-to-be shotgun. Now we're under center. He's both a lead blocker and maybe a little pile mover as well when we do some quarterback sneaks. He's done a terrific job. He is an unselfish player, which every fullback player has to be. He takes pride in his job. He has been a pleasant surprise, certainly, but he was a huge contributor last week.

He could essentially be directly responsible for at least two touchdowns, and that's just from a player blocking. Jeffrey Jones, you've been on the sideline. He's popped back up here in the booth to get his layers on, get ready for the game on the sideline. But, J.J., what's it like down there, really? I mean, what's it? It's the wind. Coach Marston said the wind wasn't that bad. Yeah, and actually, the one minute that we're interviewing wasn't so bad. Now, it has calmed down. The wind has a little bit, but any little bit of wind in this kind of weather is going to feel like a gut or a gale.

So, yeah, it's great. Got a good crowd showing up. That's for sure. Good action on the sidelines. Everyone's pretty enthusiastic and whatnot. Got the cheerleaders on the field right now. The big blue band played a little bit when they walked in and a little bit on the sidelines too. Now, I'm not sure how well Miner is going to travel. Their band has not arrived yet in the stadium. They have not started putting out things yet. We're hoping that they come, but we're hoping that they're not loud.

They do have a good band. They can't have both, J.J. They will travel. We have got confirmation that they are planning to be here. So, you know, you'll probably hear them through our crowd, Mike. And safe travels to all the folks from Miner traveling to get the game. If you're in the Florence area, you still have time to get here. I promise you about 20 minutes, maybe 22 minutes before kickoff. So, I have time to get here and bring some blankets and get ready for what should be a tremendous matchup tonight.

And let's look at this Falcons potential starting lineup and offense. And it starts up front. Jacob Harper Center, 5'11", 245, a junior. Mike, we talked about not mentioning names. I've quietly stayed away from bringing him up a lot. Not because he doesn't deserve credit, but didn't want to bring the jinx out or anything like that, as some people say. But he has just been a steady player all year. Steady player all year. Definitely Mr. Reliable. You're able to know that when he's out there, he's going to give a great attitude and effort.

And that's really all you can ask for for any player. So, that's a super positive thing that the Falcons got going for him. The guards, Dre Moore, a 5'10", 255 senior. Where's number 51? He'll be on the right side of the center. On the left side, Ezra Bird, 6'1", 306. Just a sophomore. Where's number 77? The tackles, Raymond Russell, 6'1", 280, only a sophomore. He gets better every week. And then we'll have C.J. Bolden playing starting tonight, the senior, 6'2", 230. But Orlando Rounds has got the clear to go tonight if he can.

I don't know if this cold weather will hamper that or not. He's been out a couple weeks. But we hope to see Orlando Rounds back in there some as well. Wide receivers, Nelson Elliott, 6'1", 170, a senior. You know, he also is a special teams player, Mike, and he's made some big plays. We've seen his name called plays, which you wouldn't expect, but he's been there. He's definitely been a solid contributor on that side of the ball for sure. And being able to wall and kick coverage, he does a great job.

[42:18] He's really heady. There have been times where, you know, the ball winds up on the turf and he's the first one jumping on it. He's always there to help his team with whatever he can. Kevontae Green, the 6'3", 220 senior, also will be there as a starter. He's had 22 receptions on the year, one of the top receivers for the Falcons as well. And he'll be joined by John Carter Goolsby, 5'11", 165 as well, one of the top receivers. He has 21 receptions. So those two guys right there have been the go-to guys a lot for Falcons.

But they'll rotate a lot of receivers in. You'll hear that tonight. And then Kirkland Blank, man, I can't say enough about him, and Mitch Boyd. Those two guys have been the tight end age position. Blank at 5'10", 200 pounds, junior, and had a touchdown reception a couple of weeks ago. Mitch Boyd, the senior, 5'9", 195. Those guys have been really steady as well, so kudos to them. And then the running back will be the Carson Johnson, 5'10", 175, the senior. He has over 1,400 yards rushing, 18 touchdowns on the season.

He has been just unbelievable. When the load had to be put on his shoulders, he said, give me the ball and I'll take care of it. Got to like that, Mike. Got to love it. You know, he really, you know, we finished or we started the season with three solid running backs that were really split in time and carries. And as the season goes on, you get some bumps and bruises and nicks and scrapes and all that other fun stuff. But he's really been able to power through a lot of that and carry the load for the Falcons as the other guys went down for one reason or another.

Parker Greenhall is the kicker for Florence. 49 of 52 extra points. I have him at five of seven field goals. Long of 42. Also, he had a 64-yard punt last week. Parker Greenhall could be a big, big weapon for Florence in a game like this. Looking at the kicking game for a minor, they do not punt it well. And so, it could be a flip the field type thing for Florence if he ever has to punt. So, we'll keep an eye on that as well. Florence, averaging 35 points a game, only giving up 15 points on defense.

Minor, meanwhile, 29 points a game on offense, giving up 19. So, that's where the two teams stand in comparisons there. A big shout-out again to our good friends at Garner Pierce-Otto for taking care of us on the road. They'll take care of you for the holidays as well. That's Garner Pierce-Otto in Florence. When we come back, more from the TNT Fireworks pregame show back after this timeout. When you're in the mood for a sweet treat just the way you like it, Yogurt Mountain on Cox Creek Parkway has you covered.

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Back here at Brawley Stadium, the TNT fireworks pregame show, KJ and crew, glad to be with you tonight for this 5A second-round game between Florence and Minor. Don't forget, we'll be keeping updated on all the scores from around Alabama in playoffs, giving you updates at the end of the first and third quarters and at the half as well. Plus, don't forget the AHSA scoreboard show tonight from 10 to midnight here on 93.9 The Score. And Mr. James Moody will be in the studios giving you all the updates locally as well.

Let's also talk about this Florence defense. We talked about it. Let's look at potential starting lineup for the Falcons. It starts up front. Jaden White, 6'3", 275, a junior, number 95, just tremendous at nose guard. But, John, last week, Jaden White got to play a little on the outside. We moved him around a little bit, and, boy, did he wreak havoc when he got on the outside. Yeah, I've got to give a lot of credit for those guys. They had a really good interior line, and they were essentially triple-teaming him every play.

And to be honest, that's what I would do, too. He is the front-line player, but Coach Wisdom moved him from there to defensive end and gave him room to work. He was able to affect the game much more, made it a lot harder for them to double him out with that much space. And the whole defensive line was able to play well. You know, moving him outside, other guys have to pick up the shortcomings there in the middle. And they played well. They couldn't just abandon the things that they were trying to do.

Defensively, Jaden White, he makes the difference. But when you don't know where he's going to line up, he is certainly a problem. A.J. Dixon and Nate Pryde will be the other linemen there. Dixon, 5'9", 240, junior. And Pryde is a 6'2", 260, junior. So those two guys will be the bookends to White in that three-man front. You'll also hear Rashad Pettway, name called a lot tonight, too. I think the junior will play a whole lot as well tonight. The defensive ends are outside linebackers. Jaden Martinez wears number 32, 5'10", 175-pound junior.

[47:45] He'll be able to get to start on one side. And Austin Klotzbach, who's really come on lately as the senior, 6'2", 205, gets to start on the other side. In the middle, two really good ones, Jaden Irons. We mentioned him. Number 23, 6'2", 215. Bo Burski, 6'1", 205. And Burski's had to move from outside to inside, Mike, because Chase Winkles was injured, not able to return. And, man, that's a great kid, Chase Winkles. And we hate to lose him, but only a junior. We wish him the best and hope everything works out.

But what a loss it's been without Chase. But also what a great job Bo Burski has stepped in there. Well, you know, Bo has definitely done it for two years now. Wherever you put him on the field, he's going to have an impact. You know, I hate to lose Chase, but that was a necessary move. Where Bo moved on to the inside, but Austin Klotzbach popped to the outside, filled in that gap there, and he's really come on as of late. So we talk about the depth of this Falcon team, you know, top to bottom.

This is the deepest team that I remember us ever having. And so it's almost an embarrassment of riches. Chase Winkles, definitely an impact player on the field, but to add another player like Austin Klotzbach and moving Bo on the inside, it really is, you know, just a blessing to be able to do that. But, yes, as Chase continues and hopefully he's able to heal and get back on the field, it's going to be, you know, a really great thing for him to be able to step back into that role next year.

And I'll be interested to see if the Falcons don't sometimes slip Burski back out to the outside on passing downs and let him come off that edge a few times. We'll see if that may play a factor, too. They'll mix and match him a little bit. The secondary will be tested again tonight. They were really tested last week. Des Brown, the cornerback, 5'10", 175-pound senior. He has an interception, a couple of pass breakups, or three or four pass breakups. He'll be on one side. The other side, Ja'Kyle and Jones will get to start, I think, tonight.

Our London Petty Pool, that's a to-be-determined game-time decision. They'll get to start there. And both of those played a lot last week. And then in the back of the line, the safeties will be Landon Rainer, 6'1", 165-pound senior, and Otis Istruck, Jr., 6'1", 210-pound senior. So that's where they will be lining up and getting ready for the game tonight. And, again, the punter is Parker Greenhall, who had an outstanding start to the season, through the season, and has had a great job punting as well all season long.

Guys, you know, we look at this, Mike, especially, I said earlier, Florence cannot get down 14. But it's important to set the tone. I mean, you know, we haven't seen Florence in the past several games play a complete four-quarters game, likely, have we? No, I mean, they've, you know, if we're being honest with ourselves, and we have to, before we're honest with anybody else, we've got to be able to look at ourselves and see where we've kind of let up at times and really have had gaps in our play.

So just being able to do that, you can't get down 14 right away. And to be able to play a complete game, especially at home, you know, while this other team is cold and they're on the road and all this other stuff, being able to play that complete game and assert your dominance early and make them quit by the second half. We're going to take a timeout here from Raleigh State in the TNT fireworks pregame show. Florence and Miner are just a couple of minutes away. We'll be back with you after this three-minute timeout.

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Captains tonight for Florence High School, Austin Klotzbach, Jaden Irons, Jackson Mays, and Dre Moore. Four seniors that have really been big for the Falcons tonight. And we'll catch a couple of the captains across the way for minor. Falcons will be in all black, white numbers, blue helmets. Minor in all white. Their colors are white and purple. They're in all white and purple there. So we'll catch a couple of those for you in a minute as well. John, I'll let you take it if you got it.

Yeah, let's do it. Number 10, Aidan Barnes is one captain. Number 5, Caleb Jackson is another captain. And looks like maybe zero, Damian Wade might be the third. So that's the captains tonight for the minor Tigers. Should be a great matchup. Four games in the north tonight. Minor at Florence. Alois at Muscle Shoals. Russell will at Parker and Douglas at Clay Chauvel. But our eyes on this one in Florence, Alabama at Old Brawley Stadium. Should be a great one. And the crowd continues to gain more and more as they walk in.

And the lights go out. And the Falcons captains and the minor Tigers captains will meet at the 50-yard line. And tonight, a very special guest to flip the coin for this matchup. Our very own Judge Ed Tease will flip the coin tonight. Pretty special to have him come out and be a part of that tonight as well. Well done by each one of you. Tonight's a big game for each one of you. And we expect you guys to be the leaders on and off the field.

We expect you guys to have good sportsmanship. We want you guys to hustle. Speak to only your own teammates. And most importantly, guys, we want you guys to have fun. Okay? All right. We've got a special person here. Mr. Tease is going to do the coin toss. So I want you to speak very loud. What's your choice? Hands or tails? Tails. All right. Come on in, Mr. Tease. I'm going to put you right here with me. Hey, you're in great company. All right. Go ahead. All right.

And it is tails. That means Florence won the talk. Florence won it again. They're going to defer. Good flip of the coin from the great Judge Ed Tease of Florence, Alabama. Florence will defer. Miner will have the ball to start the game. It's around the corner. Florence and Miner are back after this 30-second timeout. At First Southern Bank, we always cheer for the home team. We are homegrown with deep roots, and we're invested in this community. With checking and savings accounts, mobile and online banking, and a mortgage department to help you with the home of your dreams, First Southern Bank is your neighborhood bank.

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[58:21] Welcome to winter. That's what it feels like. Below 40 degrees as we get ready to kick off here at Brawley Stadium. The 5A playoffs round two wouldn't want to be anywhere else except Brawley Stadium and Charles C. Anderson Senior Field. Both teams getting ready to run out here on the field right now. And that's a little bit of a stalemate. Florence sort of waiting for the minor team to run out. Miners sort of waiting for the Florence team to run out. We may be here a while.

Already a little chess match between the two. A little gamesmanship here. So we'll see how that plays out. Mike, what is the key for you for Florence tonight to win this game? I think we talked about it earlier. It's just remaining composure and playing all four quarters. Just being able to play a complete game and really assert dominance early. John, I want to ask you what key player do we need to keep an eye on for the minor Tigers that we really need to make sure we bottle up a little bit?

Well, this is very simple. Number four, Kamari Bell. He's starting running back. He's also plays wide receiver, been offered by Austin P. He averages 111 yards on the ground. He's going to be a problem, but if we can contain him, we'll have a chance. I see. I've never seen where an official had to blow the whistle and point it to the Tigers and say, you come out first. So the Tigers come out, and here come the Florence Falcons with a backflip from one of their players. I think they're fired up.

Let's see if this Falcon team tonight can make it happen. Everyone a little on edge tonight for this one. But Florence will be kicking off as we start before a good home crowd on a cold night. We challenge the folks in Florence to come. I know how cold it is, but many have answered the bell here tonight. Maybe that home field advantage will play a factor tonight for the Florence Falcons. Florence 10-1 on the season, minor 8-3 on the season. And our goal tonight is to not let them play that whole, that Tiger song a whole lot.

That's their fight song. We want to keep that from being played a whole lot by the minor band. Florence in all black, black pants, blue and white trim, black jerseys, white numbers. Have Florence across the front, I believe. Blue helmets with a Falcon emblem on the side of the helmets. Miner in all white, they have the purple stripes on the shoulder pads, sort of Indianapolis Colt style, and white helmets. Three back deep for Miner to return the kick, including the dangerous Kamari Bell. The winner to the quarterfinals.

It should be a good one tonight. And here we go. Greenhaw's kick high, taken down at the 7 by the Tigers. Coming back to the side, trying to get to the 20, and he's going to be brought down. Oh, he gets away, stays on his feet. Now he's brought down to the 15 and slung down with a nice little play right there by the Falcons. Physical play brings him down at the 17-yard line. Let's pause for station identification. This is Falcon football. The voice of the Florence High School Falcons, WYTK-FM, Rogersville, Athens, Decatur, the Shoals, 93-9, the score.

Quarterback Tommy Burks, the senior, 5'7", small in stature but really good, will bring out his Miner Tigers team. He'll put wide to the left, Ryan Moore. He'll have in the backfield behind him, Kamari Bell, and one wide out to the right. I didn't catch the number, I think. We'll check on that. Could be Johnson on this first down play from the 17. And a movement already by the Tigers. And you see the Falcons loving that. And that crowd just gets a little bit louder at Brawley as they move on back five yards.

That'll push it back to the 12. Jeffrey Jones on the sideline. You can hear the electricity. Yeah, and these cowbells, they're not hurting either. Yeah, it's a good crowd. Pretty loud out here, and everyone's bundled up. But that doesn't keep them from screaming and yelling. That's good. Cameron Jones in the backfield. Cameron Jones is in the backfield now. Start this one. So you've got to watch maybe out wide. Might be Bell. First play. Looking to go deep down the right sideline. One-on-one. Man's out there, and he catches it at the 44 and brought down at the 49.

It stays on his feet and finally stepped out of bounds at the 47. The same play that we saw in St. Clair County run, runs again, and Johnson makes the catch. And they attack the same corner. You know, they saw that on film. They like that advantageous matchup, and they're able to put that out right away and really attack this Falcon defense. Two wide to the right will be more in Johnson. So they'll stack to that right side. One to the left. They may go deep again.

Burt's the quarterback. First down play. Leads it inside. This time it's Bell. He's hit at the line of scrimmage. He stopped at the line of scrimmage. They'll give him one, and there's Jaden Irons, who read that one and said, no, sir. Jaden Irons just held on to the pads and just kept dragging the player back. You know, the forward progress was ended, and they were a little slow to blow that whistle, but, you know, it's going to be about second and eight. Second down and eight.

[1:03:34] Four wide outs now. Empty says they get a wide receiver on late. That actually should have been an illegal substitution, but no call. Burt wants to throw the quick screen. Johnson catches it to 50, gets to the 45, and knocked down at the 42. He'll have enough of the first down. I didn't like that because they brought a guy on late from outside to come on. I think that's illegal, but they got away with it, and they got the first down. I think it's going to be close to the sticks.

They're going to say third down, I believe. Nope. Yep, third down. Well, if nothing else, they didn't allow the Falcons to have a substitution to counter that late move as well. So it might have been a missed one there by the officials, but we're going to have to live and play this next down. Amerson Moore and Johnson wide to the right in Falcon territory at the 43, just underway. Burt's the quarterback with Bale the tailback. Bale's going to get it off the right side, cuts it up at the 40, spins down and knocked down there.

I'm not hearing the whistle very good where I'm at. I don't know why that is, but it's a light whistle, but it seems like they're okay. Second down and seven. Just underway. I mean, there's a lot of secondary and tertiary noise. We've got cowbells. We've got bands going. Both bands are really into it right away, and the fans. So, you know, maybe the whistles are going to be a little tougher to hear for us up here, but maybe on the field, Dave, they're just fine. And Nate Pride coming off.

He got a little shook up. And Pettway will come in and take his place on the second-down seven play. Going to run back to the right. Sally play, trying to get outside. Got good speed to the 40, to the 35, and gets close to the sticks for the first down. That was a good little inside give right there. Came out of nowhere and gave it to Rollins. And it's going to be another first down for the Tigers. Martinez was trying to fight for that edge and just got outstepped there.

You know, they raced to the edge, and the minor player was able to beat him there just for a few extra yards for a first down. John, that's like the Sally play right there. Yeah, it's a reverse hand side handoff. Did a great job of setting it up, and he used his speed to win on that one. Bell the tailback with Burtz, the quarterback, at the Falcon, 32. Three-man front for Florence. This time going to lead with the Bell. Nope, going to come left with Bell. Trying to get outside.

He's going to get to the 30 and brought down a gain of a two. Good defense there, and that was Pettway coming in on the tackle. That was a great job by Pettway to fight off his block, come around the edge, and be able to tackle that guy from behind. Second down, we'll call it seven to go, maybe eight to go. That's Rashad Pettway on the tackle. And coming out of the game is Bell. He got a little shook up on that. He coming over there and sort of struggled there.

So, they'll go back to their tailback Wade, I think, in the backfield on the second eight play. Going to leave it with Wade. He's got a big hole. Now, check it to the 25, to the 20. Stays on his feet. Bouncing outside of the 15. Down to the 10. Inside the five. And finally knocked down at the four-yard line. All the way down there is Cameron Jones with a big run. His first of the day. And it's first and goal for the Tigers on the Falcons' four-yard line. Yeah, you're seeing a lot of, early on, a lot of missed tackles here by the Falcons.

Running through a lot of arm tackles and getting out of position. Jones, again, going to get it off the right side. No, it's going to be the quarterback. Burt's coming back left. He fooled me, but he didn't fool the Falcons. They catch him, but he strings far to the one. He got close, but he was down at the one. And quick snaps really are the thing right now. They're not letting the Falcons get set. Second down and goal at the one. Just underway with eight-tenths to go here in the first.

But Miner taking the opening kickoff and driving it down to the Falcon one. Had second down and goal. They'll bring in some substitutes now on the second down play. Does not look like a jumbo package. It looks like maybe some height. It looks like they might throw a little fade or something to the outside. Bell's back in the game. They're just stretching to give Bell more room to run. There's Bell right up the middle. Touchdown. He hit it hard up the hole. And right off the bat, the Tigers strike first with 741 to go.

And they lead Florence by a score of 6-0, pinned in an extra point. And keep an eye on this. They run a lot of weird stuff on extra points. Swinging gate left. Two men to the right. The quarterback, Burt's, is behind the center. Who is an illegal receiver who will be snapping it there. That is Cameron Givon. Burt's is still looking back at the sideline. And timeout taken by the Tigers. We'll do the same. Florence trails at 6-0. We're back in 30. Game day is coming. And your tailgate crew is counting on you.

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[1:08:52] They come back to the swinging gate again. They're going to come out with a two-point conversion. Regular-style offense, though. The tailback is still Bell. The quarterback is Burks. Three wide receivers left. Going to leave it inside. Not going to get it. Wrapped up. No way. Petway was there and read that one. No job for the two points. So, the Tigers will lead at 6-0. This is Falcon football. We're back in 30. Hey, Falcon fans. This is Keith. Cypress Creek Indoor Range. We know great defense starts up front.

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On the web, CypressCreekRange.com, and on social media. Go Falcons! Back at Brawley Stadium, Charles C. Anderson Senior Field. Miner strikes first on the opening kickoff, going up 6-0. That last drive from John McDaniel. We're going to pass on that one, John. John had the run real quick. Okay, so it was Bell that got the score. The drive was 83 yards and took up four minutes on the clock. Kickoff coming. Going to be high and hanging. Going to be taken by Goolsby at the 16 to the 20, 25. Looking up the middle, 30, and finally goes down around the 35, 37, 39 yard line.

Good run back. He kept carrying defenders and good blocking up front, too. That was a great job there by Goolsby to be able to run it up there. Nice little return. So, first and 10 for Florence, and they're going to mark him at the 39. So, Florence looking to tie this one up or maybe take the lead for their first drive of the night. They'll have one back in the backfield to Carson Johnson. The quarterback, Mahan, will have three wideouts. Goolsby, Elliott, and Green to the left on this first down play.

Gets a four-man front. Looks to throw. Has time. Now he's in trouble. Goes to his right and looks to throw it away, and he does, and it's incomplete. Throws it out of bounds. Good job of Mahan getting rid of it there with guys wrapped around him. Brings up second down and 10. That was a lucky job there by Mahan. He must have just gotten out of the little tackle box there because he wound up tossing that out. There wasn't really many guys around either. So, he was just getting rid of that one.

Second down and 10. It's a four-man front, six in the box for this minor team. Two to the left, right for Florence. Now, Blank will come in motion to the right. Going to lead with Johnson. No quick throw. Outside, got it to Green. He got it right at the 43, and he's finally blowed the whistle. Gain of about four. And they'll bring up, well, five even. We'll bring up third down and five. So, you get five of it back right there and making a manageable third down. But, Mike, this minor team is fast to the ball.

Yeah, they're very quick to the ball. It was a great job of coverage there by minor. So, third and five against a four-man front. Mayhem will stay in shotgun formation with a pistol formation with Johnson behind him. Need five yards. Need to get to midfield to basically get the first down. This time, Johnson gets it up the middle, stretches forward. Going to be close. And now he pushes forward, and I think he's got it right just enough to get the first down. He'll move the chains.

And DeCarson Johnson did that with contact. After contact, probably went two or three more yards. And that's enough to give a Falcon first down. That was a great job, DeCarson Johnson, to be able to get that first down there. Huge play to keep the Falcons on the field. Sullivan Haddock will check back into the game for Florence now. Wide receiver, four wide outs for the Falcons. Spreading this Tiger team out a little bit. Going to run Johnson off the right. Cut it up in the middle.

Got across the midfield. Actually, that was Heinz that gets it down to the 46. That's a good run by Elijah Heinz, gaining four yards right there. Good to see number three in the game. That was a great job by Heinz to find that hole and be able to cut up field. He did a great job on that first down play to pick up four. And that last play, DeCarson Johnson got a little shook up there. He sat here on the sideline, still being checked out. I think he's okay.

Actually being coached up a little bit. Second down and six to go. Heinz stays in the game. Straight drop from A. He wants to pass to the sideline. Complete to green at the 41. Bulls forward to the 40, to the 36, to the 35, and knocked out of bounds. That's enough for a first down. And that's what you want to see out of the 6-3, 225 receiver. Absolutely. You're going to need a big game here for the Falcons. You can see that they like that matchup right away. He was able to bull forward.

Nobody was really able to take it down. And he just rushed it for an extra few yards for a first down. Johnson still out of the game. We'll keep an eye on this. Heinz is the running back. For this first and 10 play at the 35. Again, this time, Heinz inside. Got a little runner into the 32, 31. Push forward for four. And Elijah Heinz starting to look more like the Elijah Heinz we saw earlier in the year. A little extra burst. A little extra step there. And a little wiggle at the end.

[1:14:13] Look, Elijah Heinz is definitely a weapon here for the Falcons. And it looks like there's a flag on the play. So we're going to have to hold tight and see where this goes. That was a late flag. Sideline warning. Sideline warning against the defense minor. So they push them back. Across the way, it looks like they're back pretty far. Again, this is not a local crew doing this game. This crew is from outside both our regions bringing this game. Florence trails 6-0 with 538 to go. This is the first time Florence has had the ball.

Heinz will stay in the game. And Jeffrey Jones will keep an eye on Carson Johnson, who now is taking a stroll down to the locker room. And not sure what it might be. Might be contacts. He wears contacts. I wonder if that might be what it is. Second down at eight. And before the snap, a whistle and a flag. What's the flag for is the next question. I think it's against Miner is what Florence is saying. Let's see. We're pointing at Miner. Pre-snap infraction, no doubt.

I did. That's five yards against Miner. And they'll mark it off against the Tigers down to the seven-yard line. Bringing second down and three. Kirkman blank will check back into the game. Also in the game for Florence. Justin Kirkman wide left. Jackson Mays in the slot. Goolsby wide right. Boy, you can take a shot to the end zone right here on second down and three. Four-man front, though. They bring five or six sometimes. Going to leave with Heinz. Cuts not got anything. Got back to the line of scrimmage, and that was it.

He was meant immediately in there by a tough defense to come up making the play there. That was Jalen Lee, who was the first one to hit him off the defensive end. You know, Mike, we don't see the 4-3 defense as much, but we see it right there, and it plays the dividends. Yeah, it definitely did, and Caden White came in the back, on the back end of that play and cleaned it up. It was just a big play there by Miner. Third and two. Heinz the tailback behind the quarterback, Mahan.

Look back to the sideline. Play clock at 13. Florence trails 6-0 here, midway first quarter. Actually, 444 and counting. Mahan gets the snap. Going to leave with Heinz. Bounces it outside. Got the first to the 25, to the 20. Breaks the tackle down to the 18. If he wasn't brought down there, he might still be running. Caden White gets him by the shoestring. But welcome back to Mr. Heinz. Yeah, Elijah Heinz has been battling an injury pretty well all year, and you're able to see him now as close to full health as we've seen him.

He definitely has an extra burst in his step, and really that explosive back that we saw early in the season. Green wide right, maze wide left, Goosby in the slot on this first and 10 play. The back, Heinz to the right of the quarterback, Mahan. Going to leave with Heinz off the right again. No one wants to pass to Green. Going, went on two, and it's overthrown incomplete. They were looking for that time. They cut off Green, who couldn't get there, and probably a smart throw by Mahan.

Yeah, it was a little over the top. The defender kind of got in his way. Kavande Green tried to fight through, but that pass was just a little too far out of bounds. Second down and 10 from the 19. Miner leads at 6-0 here with minutes to go in the first quarter. But Florence knocking on the door as the Miner band tries to distract. Heinz still the tailback. DeCarson Johnson back on the sideline now. Heinz will move to the left. We have 10 on the play clock. Two wide out left, one to the right.

Four-man front from Miner. Mahan gets off to Heinz. Inside, skips far. Maybe got a yard or two. That's all. Down to the 18. Jeffrey Jones on the sideline. Not a whole lot of sledding room in the front line there. No, that one was plugged up pretty quick on the offensive line. Now, update on DeCarson. He went to go put a brace on. He's fine. He'll be back in shortly. So, it brings up third down and eight at the 18-yard line. Heinz will stay in and four wide outs will be Goolsby, Elliott, and Haddock, along with Green to the right.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the screen play here. Straight drop by Mahan. Has time. Steps up. Wants to run to the 20, to the 15. Bowls over to the 12. Close to the 12. He'll be short of the verse down. Let's wait. It might be a flag on the play. They blow the whistle. No flags. Yeah, there is a flag back here at the 25. In the area of holding. And I think that one would come back depending on what minor coach Rico Jackson wants to do. And he quickly says, push them back.

So, the holding call will be brought back. It was probably on the right side coming off that right edge. Had a pretty good look there, Mike. Yeah, but it was on the left side of the. Left side. Excuse me. That's what I meant. Yeah, and, you know, it was as the guy was coming around the edge, he was being tugged on. So, easy call for the official. Third and about 16 or 17 to go now from the 28. Goolsby and Haddocka to the left. Mays and Green to the right.

And before the snap, Florence moved early. And they moved it back five more yards. The minor defensive line shifted just as the ball was being snapped. Probably got the Falcons a little jumpy on that play. The offense of Florence is sort of arguing a little bit. Wait a minute. But it goes against Florence. And they'll push it back to the 33. And now, down six to zero, you go from being at the 20, you're all the way back at the 34, 33-yard line. You have to get to the 10 to get a first down just inside the 10.

[1:19:36] And this is one of those situations where, you know, we were in field goal position there. And just with two plays, we're way out. 3-0-4 to go here in the first. Florence down six to zero. And penalties have pushed Florence back to the 33. And again, before the snap, another flag and another penalty as the Parker Band continues to play loud and proud. And then pushing the Falcons back a little bit. That's going to be against the minor. We'll take that five yards back then. Thank you, J.J., for correcting me.

It's loud up here, J.J. Is it loud with the band down there? Absolutely very loud. They brought about 17 fans with them, but they did bring a full load of the band. And they're playing constantly. Yep, six tubas, five or six tubas up there. That's where they get all the noise. Third and about 18 to go for Florence. Man, back to pass, has time, steps up down the right sideline, going for Green. Green goes up, couldn't bring it in. He would have had to bring in a one-handed catch, but couldn't bring it in.

It was almost a spectacular play. He had a – I have trouble with that one. It looked like he could have put both hands up in the air and tried to catch that one. It went over his right shoulder, and he reached up with the right hand and tried to pull in with one hand, but he couldn't do it. He might have seen it late. That's the only reason why I would say, but that was a tough one. Fourth and forever for Florence, and they're going to go for it from their own 28.

Man, straight drop. Steps up in the pocket, just need to throw it here to the end zone if he can, but he's not going to be able to, and he's going to get sacked at the 33. That's one of those where you throw it down to the end zone to see if something happens, but instead he couldn't do it. And Miner's defense holds at the 230 mark in the first quarter, leading at 6-0, and they'll get the ball back. Yeah, that's a tough break for the Falcons. They had a wide receiver open in the end zone.

That could have been six. However, now in one simple play, you turn the ball over on downs and give Miner an opportunity to go up 14, deja vu all over again, folks. At the 32-yard line, 68 yards away, the tailback now will be Cameron Jones, the 5'6 junior, with the quarterback Tommy Burtz behind this big offensive line. On the first down play, look, the pass to the right side, complete for a little screen. Got away from one, but couldn't get away from two as he's pushed down right at the line of scrimmage, no gain.

Great job by Otis Sistrunk. The fight off his block there, get to be the first man to be in contact with the ball carrier. Was able to bring him down after a second engagement there, right at the stick. So that's a great first down play for the Falcon defense. Tight formation they had with the wide receivers to the right. They had one wide right, but they had a bunch set, and they tried to throw a quick screen inside, but it didn't work. So it brings up second down and 10 to go.

They're making substitutions with 12 on the clock. Bell will come back in the game. This is where the Falcon band should be playing loud, but we've got a DJ playing. So play clock down to three. They may not get this off. Down to two, down to one. They're not going to get it off, and that should be a penalty. And there it is. That's a five-yard penalty. So didn't see the game clock, didn't see the play clock, and that will push it back five yards. That's a break there for the Falcon defense as well.

So, you know, after that tough set of downs there, as they drove down the field and came away with zero, they're now driving minor backwards. pass, straight by, drop to the right side, and it's caught right at the 40 and brought down immediately. What a catch there. They had more to bring it in. He was dropped immediately by Jones, but he gets about 12 on the carry. A catch brings up second down and two to go from the 40. Dane of 13. Yeah, Sistrunk with the big hit there on the 40.

Third and two, actually. Birch looks back to the sideline on this third and two play. The bell, I think, still the tailback. They're going to leave it off the right. Before that, there was flags. There was movement. Push them back five yards. Let's see what it is. So, that'll move it back five yards. So, makes it a third and seven now. Kind of unfortunate because we had him in the backfield, too. We had him wrapped up on that play. So, third, third and seven from the 35.

They have to touch the 42. No backs in the backfield. Birch wants to throw the quick screen out here to Johnson. Trying to bounce it. And he stumbles and he goes down. Klotz box. And so did Dane. No gain. Maybe a gain of one. It brings up fourth down and six. And here comes the putting unit on for the Tigers. It was a good set of downs there by the Falcons. Being able to shut that one down after the turnover on downs. You can't jump off sides or give a five-yard penalty here because it's about five and a half yards.

[1:24:57] You don't want to do that. Birch, the quarterback, is the putter. So, you've got to be alert. Nobody's guarding the inside receiver. Now he drops back a little more to a 10-yard stance. Gets the snap. And before that, a whistle and a flag. Let's see who it's against. Make sure it's not against Florence. That would be terrible if Florence did it. But it's against Miner. It'll go back five more yards. 12 seconds to go here in the first quarter. Miner leads at six to zero. Have to have to paint it away.

Very deceiving on that when they lined up. He lined up about four yards behind the center. So, it kind of looked like they were going to run a play. And then at the last minute, he ran back about five or six yards to punt. So, we're going to have to deal with that all night, so it seems. They won't have to punt it. They don't have to snap it. The clock can run out here if they know that. I'm not sure, though. They don't really recognize the clock.

They're going to snap it. He's going to get rid of it. Puts it away. Not good at all. Off the toe, matter of fact, goes down to the 45 and stays right there at the 47. And Florence will have it first and 10 at the Miner 47 when we come back. That's the end of one. Miner six, Florence zero. Come back to see us in 30 seconds. Craving authentic Mexican flavor? Dive into delicious at Hugo's Mexican Restaurant, 4160 Florence Boulevard at the entrance to Kendall Garden. Start off with fresh tortilla chips and Hugo's famous cheese dip.

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Up in Tennessee, Mays leads Summertown 7-0. And Clay Chalkville leads Douglas 21-0. Thank you, James Smitty, back here at Florence High School at Brawley Stadium. Florence trails minor 6-0, but the defense gets a stop and a short punt will have the Falcons in good field position, 47 yards away. And the Falcons will have it trying to go down and tie this up if they can. Waiting for everyone to clear up. Wait, wait. We're going to let them clear the field. Yeah, we're going to clear the field first.

And let's go back down. Emma, you're the third winner of our kicking for chicken. How's it feel? It feels great. I was a little nervous, though, but it feels great. Are those cleats you're wearing? They are cleats that I'm wearing. So you came prepared. Congratulations. Yes, I didn't want to fall. There you go. You didn't. You succeeded. Congratulations. First and 10 at the 47 for Florence. Mahan going to leave it with Johnson off the right side. Got it to the 45, to the 40. Skips hard to the 39. That's the burst we've been looking for right there.

Yeah, that was a nice open hole there. The Carson Johnson hit it hard. Was able to make a guy miss. It picked up eight right off the bat. Second down and two. Johnson, who missed much of the first quarter after the first carry, went and had to get a brace put on against a four-man front again. Shotgun formation. He's in the pistol formation behind the quarterback, Mahan. This time right up the middle. Dokes his head down. Gets across the 35 and down to the 33. Enough to get down to the 32 and move the chains.

That's a great job there by Carson Johnson. Just, you know, as that hole was being plugged up, he just puts his pads down, gets a little lower, and pushes through that arm tackle there, being able to drive through the defender to get an extra couple yards for a first down. Goolsby and Elliott to the right, green to the left on this first and 10 play at the 32. Let's see if we can get Johnson on the edge. Johnson right at the middle again. Hit at the 30. He's pushed as far to the 29, gave him three.

That time the defensive end came up and made a play. I believe that again was Jalen Lee in on the tackle. And along with him was Dequayne Johnson. We have debated on how to call Dequayne Johnson's name. It's D-E-K-W-A-Y-N-E. I'm just going to call him Johnson. Is that okay there? Call him Dequayne. Call him The Rock. Call him whatever. We're good. Second down and seven for Florence. Mayhem looks over the defense. Going to leave with Johnson up the middle, trying to bounce it outside to the 25.

Makes a man miss. Spins out to the 20, to the 15, to the 10. They're chasing him at the five. The goose is loose. The goose is in. Touchdown to Carson Johnson. Great job by Carson Johnson to follow his blockers. He got around the edge. He made a guy miss, spun off an arm tackle, and just took it to the house. Found the pylon before the defenders could catch him. Great job there by the Falcons to respond. Now Greenhall will attempt the PAT to put the Falcons in the lead with 10.27 to go in the second.

Mayhem to hold. Good snap. Good hold. Kick up. Kick is good. Florence leads at 7-6. Don't go away. This is Falcon football. We're back in 30. Thanks for choosing Whataburger. What can I get started for you? At Whataburger, each meal is made to order, so you can always get exactly what you crave. If that's a Whataburger What-A-Meal, you got it. But if you're in the mood for something a little more you, like a Whataburger with grilled onions, crispy bacon, and creamy pepper sauce, go for it. March to the beat of your own drum.

[1:30:22] Bite into the beef of your own Whataburger creation. Whataburger, just like you like it. 15-54, Florence Boulevard. Back at Brawley Stadium, Florence leads at 7-6. Big drive by the Falcons right there. John McDaniel, that last drive. Yeah, it was a great response. Four plays, 53 total yards, a minute and a half that came off the clock. DeCarson Johnson, a 29-yard touchdown run to Cap'n. Florence leads at 7-6. Now they've got to play good special teams. Greenhall to boot it away. Gets a good foot into it. Drives it all the way back, all the way back into the end zone.

And that'll be where it's at. Touchback. And Greenhall does his job again. On a cold night, Mike, that's a hard kick right there. It certainly is. That ball feels just a little bit more solid than usual. It stings the foot a little extra. But he drove through that ball nicely into the end zone. Jeffrey Jones on the sideline. The energy comes back to Florence. Energy's right. That's exactly right. We've – student section, we're right in front of them right now. One thing about the minor band, I know you mentioned earlier, they are set up like I've never seen another band set up at midfield.

Pretty smart on their end because they can play at all times when we have the ball. The tailback will be Jones, two wide receivers, one to each side for the quarterback, Burks, on this first and ten play. Going to leave it with Jones trying to bounce it outside. He's hit, spins away at the 20, spins away at the 22, but gets down – knocked down at the 24. He got away from two Falcons, but finally got cleaned up by Sistrunk and friends. Gain of about four, though. Yeah, it's a good first down there for minor, being able to pick up four yards early on.

The Falcon defense could bow up here and make it a tough third down situation. Second down, and we'll call it five to go. They'll give him five yards on that. Johnson would go wide to the left along with Moore. The tight end will be White to the right. Got to know where he is. And the tailback is Cameron Jones for the quarterback, Burks. Leads it with Jones, who bounced it to the left. Can't get away. He's going to go down. He's going to lose yardage. Back at the 24.

Might have got back to the line of scrimmage, but he'll bring up third and a long five right there. Yeah, it's a good job there by the Falcon defense to make this a difficult situation. Third and longer. Probably about five or six yards here. But being able to put them in third down situations all night is going to be important. Spread offense now. They'll have them everywhere. Four wide receivers to the left, one to the right. Be ready for anything right here. Burks alone in the backfield.

Quad set to the right. Looks to throw the quick slant out there. And he's hitting the backfield. He's going to be brought down. Gets well and knocked back inside the 15. Oh, baby, did the Falcon defense read that one. That was a great job by the Falcon defense. They picked through right away. And really, all their hats swarmed to that ball. Des Brown was the first to blitz through that four-man front. And after we saw what Burks punted it last time, you've got to think Falcons could get great field position again.

They'll actually give him a much better spot than he should have deserved at the 19. But it's fourth and 11. Lawrence don't need to necessarily blitz right here. Just get the ball and let's keep going. Burks will back it up. And he looks to run it. He's going to try to get away. And he's going to be in trouble. He cuts back. And he may get it after all. And he got the first down. Oh, my goodness gracious. From his own 19, Burks ran it. And we had him.

And he got away. And he got the first. Well, you know, it's just one of those situations where they saw that on film, clearly, that we backed out. There was a lot of green space for him to operate. Once he got into that space, he made a guy miss and got that first down. We talked about special teams in the pregame. And it's much more big. That's just like a turnover, John McDaniel. That's something right there that you see. Yeah, it's absolutely a turnover. They had their traditional center in as opposed to their long snapper.

There was definitely some plan for some fake on that. Bell is the tailback for Burks. Bell gets it off the left side, trying to stretch it out there. Florence does a good job of stretching him out. It only gets two or three. Nice job cleaning up down there with Des Brown again making the tackle. Might be a flag on the play across the way. No, he lost the helmet. Des Brown lost the helmet, so he had to come off. So, Pettipool and performance will come in to join along Jekyll and Jones on this second down and seven play.

The first thing I'm doing, if I'm the offensive coordinator, is calling up against that corner that just came in the game. A little bit cold, not as fresh, and not as game ready. Second down and seven. Let's see if they go to the right. Nope, going to leave it again with their tailback. Scoots forward, but caught at the 37. They'll push him forward. They should blow the whistle. Finally, they do at the 39. They gave him about two extra yards on the push there. At least a yard.

At least a yard, actually. Fourth and third and three. They didn't get to the 40. He should be at the 39. Move the stick back a little bit. Well, they're going to give me the other 39, but not quite to the 40. Third and a long two. Six and a half to go here. Six-forty to go, excuse me, here in the first half. Lawrence leads at seven-six. One back, four odd receivers. Burt's going to lead with his tailback. He pushes forward. He's not going to get it. Tries to bounce away.

[1:35:48] He's not going to get it. He's going to go backwards. The Falcons swarmed him down, and the Falcon defense holds. That's a great job shooting the guy, being able to hit the guy at the point of attack. He wasn't able to get back to the line of scrimmage, and we were able to drive him back there for a fourth down. But, you know, as we've seen before, they're willing to roll the dice here, especially deep in their own territory. Being able to defend this properly is going to be important.

I don't think the Falcons put anybody back. It's straight defense right here. It's fourth and two. So you've got to be alert to anything. Four odd outs, and Kenny Morrison going to call a timeout. He sent Goolsby out, so he had to pull a player off, but that player was on the far side. There was no way for him to get back. We'll do the same. Florence leads at 7-6. We're back in 30. With locations in Tuscumbia, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Russell, Killen, Madison, and Athens, Singing River Dentistry provides the most advanced dental care, including same-day crowns and implants, in a compassionate and friendly atmosphere.

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You know, I think that they understand early on in this game that every possession is going to matter. And, you know, they're really going to leave it on the field with their offense, I think. This is one of those situations where I don't think that they believe in their defense enough to stop the Falcons. Gulesby's back deep. The rest of the Falcons' defense is out there. Gulesby stands at the 35. They swing it back, but there was movement by the Tigers, and so that should be five yards back.

Just hold up, because we had Jaden White flying around that edge as well. They're pointing at each other. Vault start. Five-yard penalty. We'll move it back, make it fourth and seven. But don't go away. The Tigers faked it on fourth and 11, so you've got to be alert. Yeah, all bets are off at this point. Fourth and 11 from, you know, and they had the ball on their own 10 at that point. So they're willing to do anything at that rate. The ball's at the 35. The quarterback versus the punter, but he's already faked one punt.

He'll put two wide out to the right. And that time, movement again, this time by the wide out over here. So they're moving it again. Yeah, they've got several guys in motion, if truth be known. So that moves it back. A lot of pre-snap penalties this game so far. It's been really weird for this late in the season to have that many pre-snap infractions. 6'11 to go in the game, or first half, excuse me, in the first half, 6'11 to go. Florence leads at 7'6". Miner trying to punt it away.

They had fourth and two, now they've got fourth and 12. This time he will punt it away. It's going to be a fair catch call for and taken by Goolsby at the 46. Falcons are 54 yards away after the fair catch call there. And again, maybe the kicking game could be a big difference because Florence has a much better punter than the Miner Tigers. It definitely matters, and field position matters, so being able to get this ball where we're getting it consistently is going to be important. Don't forget, in the morning, 8.45 a.m., pre-game starts here on 93.9 The Score of Alabama and Vanderbilt.

11.45 a.m. kickoff, you'll hear the Crimson Tide and Vanderbilt here on 93.9 The Score. On the opposite end of the field on the 50-yard line, there's a flag on the play in the white hat along with the other officials who are talking it over. That could be, again, a sideline warning, and they've already had one. If that is, that's going to be number two. Should be a penalty. It's 15. Should be. We'll see what they call here. They're picking up the ball and going to march it into minor territory.

Unsportsmanlike conduct, actually. That's 15 yards. Maybe once again, the magic word was said. It's getting close to Christmas story time. A lot of Jersey folks, I guess, in the Birmingham area. Jeffrey Jones, you called that one pretty quick down there. Yeah, I was tipped off. So, yeah, that was it. I sure didn't see what happened. It was well after the play. But, yeah, some Jersey folks from Birmingham tonight. It came from the side judge on their sideline. At the 39-yard line, Florence 39 yards away, leading at 7-6 and trying to put more on the board.

Mahan with one back in the backfield. Mahan going to lead with the tailback off the left side, looking to get anywhere. Ball's loose and Florence falls on it. Dray Moore falls on it back at the 43 as it was ripped away from Hines. And it brings up second down in 14. Great job by Dray Moore there being alert. As Hines was bursting through the hole, somebody caught his arm and the ball hit the turf. It was a great job by the Falcons to be able to jump on that and notice it right away.

[1:40:57] The way this minor team brings linebackers, I wouldn't mind seeing our tight end slip out and get in the open here. It looks like that, if it were to be open, a little seam route up the middle there would be wide open. Second down and 14 to go. They're bringing the blitz, it looks like. Pressure coming. Picked up. Now Mahan in trouble. Mahan sacked back at the 48. He was trying to pump and go and get the big play. Instead, he goes down. And they bring down the big quarterback for Florence.

Who stands at 6'2", 225 pounds. And it brings up third. And most of Royal Avenue, unfortunately, to go for Florence. They have to get to the minor 29. They're marching the wrong way. They're back at the 48. Yeah, both offenses kind of sputtering a little bit in this latter part of the second quarter here. Third down and forever to go. If you could get 10 of it back, you might could go for it on fourth down. Four-man front for minor. Goals becomes in motion to the left. And delay of game.

Florence didn't get it off in time. Oh, boy. Pre-snap infractions. This is unbelievable. And nobody really caught that one. Kenny Morrison with the hands on the hip at the 50-yard line. Just looking at the scoreboard. So, with 434 to go, Florence has marched it 15 yards. Unfortunately, the wrong way. All the way back in their own territory at the 47. This is right where we got the ball, basically. Well, right now, this is where you probably just rear back and throw it as far as you can. Man, straight drop.

Step up. Step up. Gets rid of it. And it's nearly intercepted. But drop down incomplete. The pressure is starting to get to Florence on that. And the ring up fourth down. And Florence will have to punt it away. And Greenhall will boot it away. And let's see. He's back deep. I think that's Burtz, the quarterback. Check that. No, it's going to be Bell. He's dangerous as can be. Bell has incredible speed. Kamari Bell, the senior. Good snap. Gets rid of it. Good line drive kick. Going to bounce at the 20.

Oh, it took a bad bounce. Didn't take a good bounce. No, it hit the up back. The guy, the long snapper. The long snapper who was the first one down the field. It hit him right in the back of the helmet and bounced backwards. That's why I lost it. I said, where did the ball go? It's down at the 23. It hit him on the run. You couldn't have done that any better. You could do that another thousand times and that would never happen. So, Florence doesn't take advantage of the short field.

I say short field. It would have been 50 yards. Instead, penalties cost Florence and put it away. And now Miner will have it, trailing 7-6 with 4-1 to go here in the first half. Not either team's best game, but it's a cold, cold night. It's a playoff game. A lot at stake. The tailback is Jones right beside the quarterback, Burtz. Burtz puts a man in motion. Going to give it to him. Nope. Wants to pass. Looking for the deep shot. Down the middle of the field. One-on-one out there and overthrows everybody.

Good job by Jekyll and Jones. He ran step for step with Moore there and didn't fall for it. I'll be honest, that was a really good play design by them. Good ball handling by the quarterback. Was able to do, faked it up the middle and then the reverse. That was hard to keep up with. Faked the orbit motion coming on the one side. Faked the inside handoff and tried to hit the post down the middle. That play, the wide receiver did have a step on our guy.

Our guy was able to readjust while that ball was in the air and close in. But, you know, that was a nice play there by Miner. Luckily for the Falcons, it was incomplete. Second down and 10. Straight drop. Wants to throw. Burt's now in flushed out of the pocket nearly. Still, he's looking. Now he looks at the safety valve. But it's caught at the 13-yard line. I'm going to say 23. It's incomplete. But the flag is back here at the 17. Jaden White was accosted on the side there.

His jersey was almost pulled up over his head. Looked like almost a little happy Gilmore there. Just being able to pull the shirt up over the head. It was kind of wild. Jaden White, a little animated after the fact. But the Falcons are going to be the beneficiary of this one. With 3.48 to go, would it be third down and 10 or would it be second down and 25? And I think Kenny Morrison is going to take the penalty. He's still talking about it. He's going to take the penalty.

So, it will go against Miner. And the 15-yarder will push it back to the 16-yard line. So, it brings up second down and 20 for the Tigers with 3.46 to go. Florence has two timeouts left. Miner has two timeouts left here in the first half. Florence leads it by the extra point of Parker Greenhouse, 7-6. But we adjusted again. We moved Jaden White from nose tackle to the defensive end side. So, that's where he's attacking from. Three wideouts left and one to the right. They're going to lead with the back off the left side trying to skip out.

[1:46:05] It's Jones. Got to cross the 20 to the 25. And finally, the Falcons bring him down at the 25. But a too-much yardage error. Gained about nine. Yeah, Berski had an opportunity up front. Got a hand on him. But that arm tackle wasn't going to work. And it bounced off the tackle from Cistrunk. But Rainier closed it up after a game of about nine and a half. Third down and 10 to go. Rainier was the one that cleaned it up for Florence. Landon Rainier to the safety. The Tigers have to get to the 36.

They have three wideouts and one tied in. And one back in the backfield for the quarterback, Bers. Here come the Falcons with four trying to blitz. Up for that, a whistle. And I was thinking, again, movement. It was movement. The wide receivers got a little head start there. Moved before the ball was snapped. So with 3.05 to go, it'll be five yards back. And that's a big penalty right there. Third and 15 is a whole lot more. Especially in a game like this. Especially with a team that fakes punts and don't punt it sometimes like they do with their quarterback being a punter.

Third and 15 at the 21. Yeah, I think this is going to be a big stop. Here I don't see them trying to fake it this late and a half. But, you know, stranger things have happened. Kamari bails wide to the left. They will love to run him on a straight go route. Des Brown will have to cover him. Four wideouts. Two to each side. Birch, straight drop. Looks to throw the inside screen incomplete. They were looking to block. They were looking to try to help. Nobody's looking for the ball.

And it stops the clock. That's a big thing with 2.42 to go. And fourth down. And that was a huge, huge break there for the Falcons. Pottsbach came around that same edge where the play was designed for. So, if they completed that, they had a lot of open space. But it fell to the turf. He rushed it a little bit. Lucky break there for the Falcons. Fourth and long. Now, Birch, will he punt it away with fourth and 15? He went for it on fourth and 11 a minute ago.

He looks over the defense of Florence. Goolsby stands just inside the 50. He's wanting to get rid of it here. And has to kick it straight up in the air because he had pressure. Florence can get the ball. Watch it. Takes a minor roll and rolls all the way across midfield down to the 47. Oh, man. There was all black shirts around it. If they had been alert, they might have scooped it. But instead, it rolls 15 yards, so minor gets a big break. But Florence will have it with 2.30 to go and 53 yards away.

Don't forget, at the half, we'll have Glenn Harshide, the head soccer coach for Florence High School, as our guest. Looking forward to talking to him. Mike, what do you do if you're Florence here? I say stay with the run game some. I say you've got a couple timeouts to go. You run your offense. You do your thing. And if you've got to take some shots downfield later on. But let's come away with some points so that when we get this ball back to start the second half, we have an opportunity there to score twice.

At the 47, five wideouts, no backs in the backfield for Mahan. With 2.30 to go. Mahan, straight drop. Looks to throw the quick and incomplete. Right at the 50-yard line. Incomplete there. So, pass was going away there by Tripp Morris. It was a tough ball to grab on that little out route. But, you know, fell to the turf. We've got second and 10. A little surprise Florence is going to the spread offense. I know it's two minutes and 27 seconds to go. Second down and 10. Mahan with three to the wide side to the right.

Mahan, straight drop. That's time. Fires to the middle. We've got Morris hit the 35 to the 30 to the 25 and down to the 20. Oh, what a stumbling catch by number 15. You said earlier, Kevin, you know, something over the middle would be great here. Morris just snuck out behind the linebackers. Austin Mahan with a nice, beautiful touch pass over the linebackers. It's Tripp Morris' hands down to the 20-yard line. The Falcons are knocking on the door for a score. 2-14. Florence has two timeouts in the back pocket. Johnson comes back in the game on this first and 10 play at the 20.

Great throw by Mahan. Great catch by Tripp Morris. Mahan's going to lead with Johnson off the right side. Pushes forward. Got to cross the 20 to the 15. Inside the 15. Down to the 12. Inside the 10. That'll be enough to move the chains. He would not be stopped. That's a little 10-and-a-half-yard run right there. You know, the only person that stopped DeCarson Johnson on that play was his own offensive lineman. DeCarson knocked that offensive lineman out of the way and then fought through some defenders there inside the 10 for a first down.

First and goal from the 10 for Florence. Leading at 7-6 and knocking on the door. Mahan's going to the left with Johnson. Scoots forward to the 7, but he's caught there. Gain of about 2. 1.28 to go. Don't have to take a timeout here. Got plenty of time. Four down territory inside the 10. Kenny Morrison going to milk that clock for what it's worth. Johnson also on the stop for the Tigers. This is a huge possession here for the Falcons with a minute 10 to go in this first half. I say it.

[1:51:14] Well, not I say it, but right behind the quarterback in that pistol formation is Johnson behind Mahan. Looks to pass this. Throwing it to Green. Up the uptide. Got it. Touchdown. Flag on the play. Let's see what the flag is for. Green caught it. Green brought it down. Let's wait on the officials. Call. The lights are going on and off. We may not see it. Know what's going on. It's wait. The officials call is this. It's going to be pass interference against Miner. The touchdown is good for Green with the catch from the throw from Mahan.

We got lucky there. After the play, we had a player spin the ball in the end zone. That's one of those things that we cannot do. And we got lucky. There was no flag called on that one. Wow. I think we got lucky on the defensive pass interference, too. We absolutely did. Lucky twice. So, Florence leads it 13-6 as Green went up and snatched it. I'll go to Jeffrey Jones after this touchdown in a few minutes. Talking about that play. Greenhouse. P-A-T attempt. It's up. It is good.

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So it's a post penalty on the interference. I didn't know you could call that on that. I thought you had to decline it. But I guess since you caught it, the penalty would be it. So Florence can kick it off from the 45. And with 56 seconds to go, Mike, do you try something tricky here? Do you kick it away? You know, I think at this rate, why get crazy? I would say just kick it off. Kick it into the end zone. Have them take a knee possibly or run a couple plays.

But give them an opportunity for 80 yards instead of maybe a 60-yard play. So kick it off because you're getting the ball to start the second half. Well, I do like that. Is pass interference a 10-yard or a 15-yard penalty? It's a 15-yarder in high school football. Okay. And so Florence will be kicking off from the minor 45. They've got five men up in their regular kick coverage. I kick the onside kick here. I do. I say let's kick it and see what happens. Matter of fact, I might even let – let's see what they do here.

We've got Kenny Marsons thinking about it. Discussion still going on across the way with the white hat. And it might be a time issue, 56.3 on the clock. Florence leaves it 14-6. The officials are huddled in front of the minor bench at the 30-yard line. And now they've got four stripes coming together. I just don't see why it would be assessed on a play that's already over. It wasn't after the play. It was during the play. If it was waved off, it's a touchdown. And that should be it.

I don't know why. Jeffrey Jones, real quick, that touchdown, though. Florence got away with one, but it was a big play. We did get away with one. He threw the flag. I guess – I don't see how he had it on the minor player, but obviously he did. So, we'll take it. But, yeah, he – and it's not really a terrible thing that he did because if he wouldn't have pushed the guy – fished off the guy, he would have had a interception on it, so. Well, if Parker Greenhawk can kick an onside kick to the left, he's on the left hash.

But if he kicks it back to the left, Florence will have a four-on-two down here. They'd have a six-on-three at the other side, but he may just kick it deep. We'll see. I'll just say you squib it. I wouldn't squib it. Either kick it out of the end zone or do the onside kick. Here we go. Greenhawk's kick. Kick it out of the end zone. And try to put it through the goalpost there. It actually did hit the goalpost. Way up. At the 20-yard line, Miner will have to go 80 yards with 56 seconds to go and two timeouts in their pocket.

But if I'm Miner, Mike, I watched that touchdown and I said, okay, their wide receivers can be physical. Our wide receivers can be physical. I would think you might see both ways. Oh, absolutely. And they do have some big, tough wide receivers on the outside that kind of – I mean, have a lot more size and beef than our corners do. So, they should be able to bully us if they want to. Burtz, the quarterback, will have three wide outs to the left, one back in the backfield.

[1:56:28] You've got to know always where Bell is. Kamari Bell is their big-time player. Before that snap, finally a whistle. Boy, that ball was messed up and finally the flag comes. It had to be a snap infraction of some variety because that ball came out awkwardly as well. Yeah, it's on them. Jeffrey Jones, for me, I'm not hearing the whistles as well tonight. Is it a strong whistle? To be honest with you, I'm not hearing them as well either. I'm right beside them. So, I'm seeing the flags get thrown, but I'm not really hearing whistles.

I think it's that cold air. It's hard to blow that whistle. Well, one thing about this minor team, you know, they're full of talent, full of athletes, full of speed, and full of height and whatnot. But they're not full of – they're also full of pre-snap penalties. They've had a lot of them. First and 15, going to lead with the tailback. And that's Bell. He got loose from one at the 20. Stays on his feet and pushes far to the 24 before he's brought down there. So, push back. I've been accused of being full of a lot of things as well, but this minor team is continuing to fight through and being able to almost break that one away.

Rowlett coming in and helping to make the play. Surprise, they're not calling a timeout. They're not calling a timeout. Second down and five to go. At the 25, quick snap again. Going to lead with a Bell again off the left side. And he got away. Oh, boy, he almost bounced out of that thing. But he falls down at the 28, about a yard short. He'll be third and one with 15 seconds to go. And they may not run another play. He's been a man away from breaking one for a couple of plays now.

He's definitely a dangerous back. Six seconds, five. I think Rico Jackson is going to go to the locker room and get warm. The clock running. And that's it. The half happens. And Florence leads it at the half by a score of 14-6 as the Falcons run to the locker room to our left. And they led the Tigers after trailing 6-0. They go back-to-back touchdowns to have a 14-6 lead. You're listening to Florence Falcons football on 93-9, the score. We're back in two minutes. Irons Electric has been family-owned and operated for over 65 years.

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[2:01:42] And joined now by the head soccer coach of Florence High School, my good friend, Coach Glenn Harshide. I think this weather is right down soccer games right here. You have all the gear for it, don't you? It's absolutely perfect, yeah, I was going to say. We are prepared for sure. And I want to say hello to our Falcon Nation out there. I know a whole bunch of people listening like we do when we can't make games. KJ, you and the crew are the best. Well, I appreciate that.

We enjoy doing the games. And man, I tell you what, the soccer program at Florence, you have brought it to a place over the years to where it's one of the tops in the state of Alabama. It's recognized as one of the men's you and the job you've done. Boy, what a run you've had the past couple of years. We've been really blessed. We have some of the best kids, some of the best parents, support staff. It's just amazing. Honestly, when you have players that can play that well, it makes the coach look really good.

And so, lost a lot of guys to graduation. Andre went back to Italy, so we're going to see how good of the coach I am. It's getting real now, right? It is. We had a great summer. Guys working really hard this summer. Really proud of them. And we're ready to go. This is why we're here. I mean, this is what we live for as coaches. You've got challenges, so let's do it. Well, as we speak with Glenn Harshide, the soccer coach at Florence High School. And coach, soccer teams, people don't realize, it's a year-round sport in many ways.

And you have to let club soccer and all that stuff happen. But how much do you get to work with the kids in the off-season? So we get, obviously with the summer, our summer program, robust summer program, and then we get two hours per week for ten weeks. Okay. Okay, so we just started that, just with some specialty things, our set-piece takers and our goalkeepers a couple of weeks ago. So starting to move into it up until the first practice day in January. In January, and then the season will start when?

February 4th. Oh my goodness. February 4th, I tell people all the time, they say, man, football weather is so cold. No, it's baseball, softball, and soccer that's the coldest weather of any sports in high school. You find out who your real fans are. That's for sure, as we speak with Glenn Harshide, the head coach of Florence Soccer. Talk about some of your kids coming back. You've got some seniors coming back. I do, we do, we have a good group coming back. I'll tell you, our leading scorer, returning leading scorer, Max Peralta, broke his ankle on the first half of the first game this summer.

Oh my. And so that's going to be, that's a challenge for him, for sure. I want to definitely give him a shout out. Parker Greenhall, he's one of our seniors. That's another thing with the kicking that we have. You have Parker, we had Shivananda last year, and then Charlie Graves, Chandler Dixon. That's such a good compliment to the football program that they can come out here and handle that. Some of the guys, Brooks Allen, Wills Goodson coming back. Nathan Sumner, one of our seniors, got Manny, Matthew Gentile, I'm going to leave somebody out.

Jasper, Luke White, a lot of good guys coming back. A lot of good guys going to be stepping up. We're going to see what we got. And who will be in the goalkeeper most likely? Who are some of your goalkeepers? Yeah, I've got Jasper Scherer and Spencer Enfinger, our two returning goalkeepers. You had Andrea was with us last year. They both got experience last season with varsity play, and I think they're going to be a little busy. Well, that's okay. That's all right. We'll do it.

Hey, it changes every year, and you know that. Classification to 5A, what's your region look like? Yeah, it's going to be Russellville, it's going to be Muscle Shoals and Austin. We've been with Austin the entire time, I think. Russellville played us 2-1 last year over at Florence, gave us everything we wanted. They're going to play, and Coach Knox, Muscle Shoals is building this program. They've got a lot of kids playing club coming through. You mentioned goalkeepers. I have some Coach Glenn trivia. All right, let's go for it.

Okay, listen, we've been here a long time. Yes, we have. You and I have been through this a lot. A lot. Okay, so let's talk for a second. We had a player who started linebacker for our Falcons, started at Ford on the basketball team, started goalkeeper for soccer, and I'll give you a hint, superintendent. Wow, you're throwing me in for a curveball there. I'm telling you, man. I am not even going to touch it, because I'm not going to guess it, so I'm going to let you tell me who it is.

It's going to be Austin Summerhill, man. Austin Summerhill, that's right, Austin Summerhill, that's right. He was an great goalkeeper. He loved it. He loved it. It was awesome. I don't know, how are we doing on time? Oh, you're good. You're good. Quick question. So we've got a cost in a quarterback. Let me tell you a little story. My freshman year in high school, was at Bradshaw. I was on a double date. So we'll stop right here. Coach Glenn had a date when he was in high school.

Sitting down here, Bradshaw's playing, first string, second string, third string, quarterbacks all go out. I think it's Matt Homan, Scott Smith, Bill Smith, don't hold me to that in the correct order. We're double dating. David Costin. Yes. Me and David Costin. He's sitting right next to me. And Dan Beaver, the team captain, it's like, Costin, get down here. His legs start shaking. We're in coats and ties, you know. And he looks up and goes, I'll be right back. Runs down to that locker room right down there and ten minutes later comes out completely suited up, played the rest of the first half and the whole second half.

[2:06:49] Incredible story. Absolutely. And they say, what was one of your memories that happened? Was it homecoming? It was homecoming. Homecoming. Man, what a story for homecoming. It was unbelievable. And still to this day, it's like you tell that story and they're like, no, really? Yeah, all three. Man, that's like the great Auburn player, Otis Mounds, was called out of the Auburn student section because he was a redshirt kid. And they got some of you running backs for one day. And at halftime, the great announcer at Auburn on the PA announcer says, Otis Mounds, report to the locker room.

Coach, we're looking forward to it. I know, also, I want to say one last thing. You've got a lot of young kids coming up and playing soccer in the city of Florence. How important is it to tie that into the high school team? It's the lifeblood. It truly is. And I was mentioning when we were off air, having a little travel team. I always try to have a little travel team trying to be part of the solution. Kids coming from all different schools or whatnot. When you get that good training when you're young, you see what happens.

And that's what we had the last two or three years. You're like, oh, coach, you're doing a great job. No, I'm getting out of the way. I'm letting these kids play, man. That's what you want. The harder you work when you're younger, good life lesson. It's going to be there for you. Florence fans, if you wonder why kids want to play soccer at Florence High School, you've just heard it in the last 10 minutes. Glenn Harside, the head soccer coach, Florence High School, one of the good guys.

How many years will this be for you this year? Since the beginning. From the 23rd year. You and I really have been from the very beginning through everything. Coach, we wish you nothing but the best of luck. Florence fans, we're excited to have Coach Harside and the soccer team getting ready to get started in February. Coach, best of luck. One of the great guys at Florence High School, one of the great guys working with Florence soccer as Glenn Harside. We're at the half on the TNT fireworks halftime show.

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Anderson Senior Field, Kevin Johnson. Glad to be with you with our crew. Tonight, Florence at the half here on the Team T5 Halftime Show. Leads minor 14 to 6. So, Falcons with the lead and we get the ball to start the third quarter. Let's get the stats brought to us by our good friends at Chick-fil-A. Mike, by the way, the kicking for chicken has worked pretty well this year for Chick-fil-A, hasn't it? It certainly has and it's created a great game day atmosphere enhancement here and the Florence staff, I can't say enough about them, for being able to put that together and have that brain trust come together and make sure that we're able to make that happen.

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John I'll let you take it away my friend. All right Kevin thank you very much. The visiting Tigers tonight in the first half had 145 yards of offense. They had 16 rushes for 92 yards, 53 yards passing, six completions on eight attempts, five first downs in the half, 0 for 4 on their third down conversion attempts and 1 for 1 on the fourth down attempts. that would would be the fake punt. 13 penalties for 90 yards in the half. They had no turnovers, no PAT attempts and their time of possession 12 minutes 56 seconds. Florence in the half, 131 yards of offense.

They had 15 rushes for 73 yards, four completions on nine attempts for 58 yards passing. eight first downs in the half, two for four on third down conversions, 0 for 1 on fourth down attempts. We had three penalties in the half for 20 yards. We had no turnovers as well, two for two on our PAT attempts, and our time of possession was 10 minutes, 37 seconds. Costin in the first half, he has 58 yards and one touchdown. Carson Johnson, he has a touchdown also, six carries, 67 yards, and Kavante Green, three catches, 25 yards, and a touchdown.

[2:12:16] Tripp Morris also pitched in with 33 yards on a big catch. Florence watched Miner take the opening kick and march it down the field, stick it in the end zone, 6-0 after Bell put it in from two yards out, and it was deja vu all over again from last week when St. Clair County did the same thing to Florence, but the Falcons couldn't get it going there in the first quarter, and they end up trailing 6-0 there for a little while, but until finally Carson Johnson gets a touchdown to put it into cap a four-play 53-yard drive to make it 7-6, and then late in the second quarter Florence adds to it when Mahan completes a touchdown pass from eight yards to Kavante Green.

The PAT is by Green Hall important and good, and that kept the five-play 53-yard drive, so Florence leads it now 14-6 at the half after trailing 6-0 at the end of the first quarter, so two second quarter touchdowns, Mike and Florence sort of showing who they were, but better, didn't go down 14-0 this time and came back and took control there. Yes, and you could tell early on, just based on some of the play calls and everything, Miner's pretty worried about this Falcon team, being able to go for two on that very first touchdown that they were able to get, plus then having to go for it on fourth down deep in their own territory.

It just says something about this Miner team maybe playing their cards out there that they don't want to be a part of this Falcon team, but the Falcons just need to continue to battle and do what they do and not worry about what the other team's doing and they're going to be able to be just fine. By the way, I just want to say best of luck to Brent Dierman and the North Alabama Lions on the road to take on West Georgia tomorrow. Huge game for the Lions who have really had one of their best seasons since going Division I and congratulations to Coach Dierman and the Lions and hope they can pull out this next one tomorrow and hopefully another one a week from that as well.

So here at the half, Lawrence leads it right now by the score of 14-6 over Miner and let's talk about some of those college games tomorrow. It's going to be happening. It should be a lot of fun. We'll see what it will be, what it will play out to. I'll start with Alabama and Vanderbilt. I think Alabama easily takes care of Vanderbilt. J.J., are you in the same agreement with that? Yes. Roll Tide all the way. Yep. John? Yeah, I've said that statement before. I think they'll win.

I don't know if they're going to roll them, but I believe they will win. Will they play their quarterback or they go to the backup? Actually, Austin Mack, the backup is scheduled to start. Okay, so they're going to Mack to start. What do you think there, Mike? I think Alabama takes that one. Nobody's ripping down goalposts around the river this time. Okay, hey, this is a big one, too, for Auburn and Mississippi State. Auburn really needs this more than people realize in this in-state game. I think this is one of those where Auburn fans know how big it is, J.J.

Yeah, it's a huge game for Auburn, you know, and the fact that they had to, late afternoon, start the drive four and a half hours from Columbus, Georgia to start with Mississippi, it's not going to help them, but it is going to get them off the routine. But I do think that it's a huge game. I'm going to take Auburn in a close, close, close one. John? Yeah, I guess Auburn. I don't really know who's going to win that one. I'm not sure. Don't get too enthusiastic about it, John.

I appreciate that. The Crimson Tidying is way too much there, okay? Let's go to Mike on that one. You know, home underdogs late in the season find a way to win, and Mississippi State has not looked good all year. There's no reason for me to pick them, so I'm picking Mississippi State on this one. Yeah, you know, I would not be surprised. Wouldn't be surprised either way. I'm still, it's for Auburn fans, they know it's just wait and see, but I think Auburn has a chance.

We'll see what kind of game that is coming up Saturday. Any other SEC games stand out to you? Yeah. I would say one. Are we going to talk about Texas and Louisiana State? I mean, that LSU-Texas game might be a little bit, that might be a good one right there. What do you think on that one, Mike? I'll start with you on this one. Yeah, I think, you know, LSU has not really looked great offensively, defensively. Like, they just look, they don't look like they've ever chilled this year.

Them being home, I don't seem to think that that matters much anymore either, that being a night game. But Texas has been up and down all year too. And so I don't know what to make of either one of these. I'm just going to go with Texas on this one. Okay, what do you think about it, Mike? I mean, excuse me, John? Yeah, I mean, Louisiana looked bad last week. They really kind of discombobulated fans were gone by the third quarter, really just a down time.

So I'm giving me the Tigers. I think they'll beat the Long Orange. They'll rally this week. JJ? The state of Louisiana is not getting what they're paying for out of Lane Kiffin thus far. I'm going to take Texas just because I trust them more to make the plays and whatnot. And I would definitely not mind seeing the Lane train kind of derail a little bit. I'll go opposite. I'll take LSU. Nobody's picking them. I just picked them. I didn't hear you. I wouldn't listen to yours.

[2:17:17] I'm sorry. That sounds about right. That sounds about right. I love it. My family. That's good. I'll go LSU on this one. It's one of one of those things. Either way, both teams are kind of reeling. So flip a coin and you're probably going to be wrong. That's it. What about Missouri-Georgia? That's got to be a good one too to keep an eye on. No, it's not even going to be close. It's at Georgia? It's at Georgia. The people in Vegas don't think it's going to be close either.

The game that people in Vegas think is going to be a surprise game is Tennessee at Texas A&M. Somehow Tennessee is a one-point favorite despite the season they have, the top ten ranking. You would think it's Tennessee, but somebody knows something. The bells and whistles need to be ringing in everyone's heads on that one. That's all I'm saying. Any other upsets y'all see for this Saturday? Who's South Carolina guy? That's a big one too. I think they get Arkansas. That is correct. South Carolina goes to Arkansas.

It's a 645 night game. There's a big game though that Indiana plays Southern Cal I believe this week. That could be a big considering what Indiana did in the playoff poll. They need the big win. Southern Cal needs the win as well. It's a season make or break for both teams. I'm going to give you the game that nobody's going to talk about and the team that nobody's talking about. There's a former quarterback that Forrest Falcons watched play at James Clemens named Gio Lopez. It's at Wake Forrest now.

Wake Forrest is the surprise team in the nation. I think. They get a tough matchup. They got to go to SMU tomorrow. If they were to skip by SMU tomorrow, which that's going to be very what a great game that'll be, I think. If they were to get by SMU, Wake Forrest is probably looking at being in the playoffs. That's how good they're I don't think they've lost but one game to Miami. I think they run the table after that if they can get by that one tomorrow.

That's what to keep it on. Any other games catch your attention? We did beat Gio by the way. Yeah, we did beat Gio on homecoming. At James Clemens. Any other games there to catch your attention? I think I've got them all pretty much covered there. That'll be interesting. Some good games, that's for sure. We're looking forward to it. Both teams coming out to warm up getting ready for the second half here in the 5A playoffs at Brawley Stadium where Florence leads minor by the score of 14-6.

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Falcons getting ready to accept the third quarter kickoff. They'll be going right to left. Minor will kick it away and Florence will have a chance if they can go up two scores and make a score here. Boy, it'd be huge. Got to be alert to anything. the kickers Brandon Diego they've kicked a lot of little chip kicks I call it sky kicks. If you're at the 25 yard line those three up backs of Sullivan and Elliott and I can't tell who the other one is on the far side.

Those three guys have got to be really alert. Goolsby's back deep. I believe that may be Morris back deep to check. I'll have to check who that is back deep with him. I can't see he's squatted down now. So let's see what Miner may do. I would just be alert to anything. I like what Florence has done. They actually got a guy in the middle. So they've got five on the line and one behind him and three and two back. Diego will kick it off. Florence will be going toward the scoreboard in the south end zone on this cold frigid night in November.

Who will advance to the quarter finals in class 5A. We've got one half of football left and here we go. There he goes kick. Gets a foot into it. It's going to be taken by the Falcons at the 13 back to the 20 25 up to the 30 and that's Mays with it to the 31. Give a job by Jackson Mays there. That's the first time all season Jackson Mays has returned to kick and he wasn't shy about it Mike. He definitely wasn't shy about it. He did a great job of coming up finding the holes being able to run through a tackle get the ball back to the 30 decent run back by the Falcons and good coverage.

[2:22:53] I'm pretty sure the temperatures dropped under 40 degrees here in the third quarter already. We'll get an Johnson off the left scoots up got across the 30 to the 35 stays far to the 37 giving about seven. He just continues to break tackles. Great job at Carson Johnson continue to turn his legs and break tackles. This is a statement drive here for the Falcons. If they're going to really take charge of this game they're going to have to drive it down Miner's throats Johnson off the left throws behind the line 40 spins out to 50 right at the 49 before he's brought down he was a step away you're starting to see Miner more worried about trying to rip the ball out than actually tackling him DeCarson Johnson had the ball almost ripped out one time and the guy kept attacking it but DeCarson Johnson kept driving down the field for a Falcon first down Jeffrey Jones he's really running with some authority yes he sure is breaking tackles and spinning off folks he's a true running back guys to the right one to the left for the tailback Johnson the quarterback Mahan Mahan looks back to the sideline 14 on the play clock Florence leaves it 14 to 6 at midfield this time Johnson going to the right cuts up maybe a yard that time they were waiting on him he's knocked down after a gain of one they saw something in either our formation or the way we were set up they audible that or whatever coverage they had and they brought some guys there John right there we saw that we've not run the counter yet but that counter play may be there for Florence well that was a pull he pulled two back side tackle and guard they played it really well but it could pop in the next it was one man tackle here comes Johnson off the right side I know it's gonna be man but he lost his footing he was gonna pull it and try to run but he only yanks about two to the 47 as he got tripped up by that Falcon logo right there at the 50 yard line yeah he had a lot of space there and sometimes you get a little little excited you see that hole and you want to hit it so hard your feet come out from under you and that looks like what happened there you got a little excited on that play Haddock and Gillsby to the right Mays and Green to the left one back on both sides straight drop has time needs to get rid of it now he's in trouble steps back throws across the middle caught at the 45 gain of two dangerous pass across the middle but Green catches it and a ring got a fourth and four to go and immediately Kenny Marsa says we punted away yeah that that pass scared the life out of me coming back across the middle as you went outside we were 0 for 2 before that play as the season has gone on but you know we call that for a punt right away about fourth and four Miner will not put anybody back they're playing safe defense so Green Hawk can take his time and punt it good snap Green Hawk kicks that one nobody back we need that thing to bounce backwards there to the five to the three trying to save it there and can't touch back you know I don't say this often because Parker Greenhouse has been outstanding we had some issues earlier this year where he waited to let the team get down that time he probably could have waited another second or two before he punted that one away Mike I mean he still put a real big foot into it but he out kicked our coverage and that was unfortunate there we were able to pin that down inside the five if we could but a little too much oomph on that ball and the coverage wasn't quite down there especially with nobody with them playing safe like that you know that they weren't going to be bringing the house speaking of out kicking the coverage Jeffrey Jones right now we need a big stop I was going to say Mike don't we all out kick the coverage I know I did first and 10 at the 20 for the Tigers going to lead with Bell off the left side following this big blocker but he can't get anywhere Jaden White and friends stopped him and said no sir that whole defensive line collapsed on that right side that time and no gain if he gets anything they're going to give him a half a yard second down and nine and a half to go we'll say then 840 to go in the third Florence leaves at 14-6 in a game that's going back and forth some and really both teams struggling so he can get control penalty laden game for both teams let's see which team can come through here wide to the left would be more one wide receiver to the right one back in the back field for the quarterback Burtz this time he's going to look to give it off the left side trying to bounce out Klotzbach sealed it and then white closed it what a beautiful job no gain he may lose a yard great job by Klotzbach to continue to fight for the edge he was able to get it forced the running back back up the middle and Jaden White took care of business and brought the ball carrier down for a loss of a half yard that time picture perfect of setting the edge on a defense that's a great call by both of you guys there third and ten from the twenty and here comes Miner out of the huddle fifteen on the play clock and they're just getting the ball the ball's on the right pass they're going left or right away from the scoreboard here at Brawley they only have two wide receivers in one back in the backfield be alert to anything straight drop wanting to go one-on-one now he's in trouble now he's being flushed throws it to the sideline incomplete it was almost intercepted but it'll go to the ground and Florence defense will hold again the only one close to that one was Penny Poole and it just fell to the turf right before he got to it so it looks like the Falcons are going to get this ball back around the 45 so Florence defense holds and with a punter that's not shown that he can punt it very deep Goolsby if he'll catch it we can have good field position here you got to know they face it we don't have everybody covering the wide receiver out here I don't like that right now we're discombobulated too we do have a one player out Burtz will get ready to punt it away line drive kick Goolsby catch it got running around 45 to the 40 back up to the 35 stays on his feet to the 30 and knocked down to 29 we'll take 15 yards back that way and a smart play by the senior J.C.

[2:29:16] Goolsby yeah being able to come up and catch that one and just drive it up the field as far as he could he took on some would-be tacklers and dragged them a few yards inside the 30 the winner of this game gets the winner of Clay Chauvel and Douglas one thing I didn't like seeing on that play was we had Burski coming up the gut and I don't know if he lost his footing or what but he took a shot right up the middle and was on the turf a little bit keep an eye on him there that was a tough one first and 10 at the 29 Johnson the tailback behind the shotgun quarterback Mahan the left side has been good he tries the left side again gets up there and he's hit right at the line of scrimmage only gains one he was just taking whatever the defense was giving him at that point he saw that the pocket collapsed and the line was not really set for him so he just got back to the line of scrimmage and kept driving his legs Roman White the 6 foot 200 pound linebacker only a junior makes the tackle it's a young team for minor lots of sophomores and juniors on this team starting sounds a lot like our team it does it's very similar second down and 10 from the 29 Gulsby's wide right Justin Kirkman wide left he's got one on one out here to the left side would give him a shot I hi I'm Dr.

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being able to take on tacklers and really fight through those tackles that's a really strong move there for a young wide receiver he got right at the 10 so it's first and go Johnson right off the left pushes up to the middle and got nothing boy they came that time and they had eight in the box and that eight was closed quickly Lionel Cheneau comes up there six foot one 300 pounds to stop Johnson no gain second down and goal at the 10 they were given the look as though their defense was expanded but as they were calling that in they all condensed in and it looked like the wrong play call at that point but it was too late the ball was snapped and they stuffed us the chess game goes yes John Miner has gotten back one of their top defenders zero Damian Wade the linebacker has been out for the last half the season back now Mayhem will put two men in motion to the left from the second go play at the 10 and lead with Johnson no he wants to throw across the middle for Goolsby couldn't catch it knocked away a little bit behind him but a great defensive play there knocking away for the minor Tigers was Jackson he threw it on the left shoulder if he throws it on the right shoulder a little bit over I think we're in for six there it was a hair behind and that was a tough one because Goolsby looked like he had six there you know guys it's third and goal at the 10 you're up 14 to six with 514 to go honestly I run the ball back to the middle of the field and set up a field goal here I don't want to turn it over down here let's see Mahan going to look to pass roll to the right has Goolsby wants to throw it to and a Falcon player down across the way maybe an ankle hurt right there we'll double check but we're going to let them check on the player we'll take a time out Florence leaves at 14-6 we're back at 30 back at Brawley Stadium the injured Falcon player being helped off the field is Kevante Green the senior who was blocking there and got a leg caught up under him somehow but he's being helped off the field and now it'll be fourth down from the five and Florence will send Parker Greenhall out to attempt what will be a 23-yard maybe 22-yard field goal from the right hash it's a steep pass hash high high high school hash is a little wider than colleges Green still being helped off the field taking his time to get off the field here now he's putting a little pressure on the foot and that's good to see but this would make it a two score game Florence up 14-6 remember Mahan is holding for the extra for the field goal but he'll kick it from the 12-yard line making a 22-yarder good snap good hold kick is up got distance it's up and it is good Parker Greenhall again perfect on the field goal and Florence leads at 17-6 Falcon football returns after 30 Irons Electric has been family owned and operated for over 65 years Irons Electric is deeply rooted in the Florence high school tradition and is happy to be a part of many past projects including the new Brawley Stadium 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Sistrunk was the first guy to engage he was able to cut away from Sistrunk but right into the arms of the Falcon defender to bring him down Jeffrey Jones Parker Greenhall is important in playoff games yes he's been a valuable asset to our team all year long very consistent very dependable I'd hope I didn't jinx him by saying that I don't think so he's already put the field goal through and Florence leaves at 17-6 and now you're talking about opening it up five wide outs for the quarterback Burtz as minor down 17-6 let's start throwing around Burtz straight drop rolls to his right has time throws across the middle and it's almost intercepted it is by Sistrunk Sistrunk at the 30 Sistrunk at the 25 he's picking up blocks he's to the 10 he's to the 5 Sistrunk will score pick 6 for the Falcons and that's the big one that was a great job there by the Falcons defense to flush out the quarterback while his feet are moving always a dangerous proposition he threw the ball on the run sailed over the wide receiver's head right in Sistrunk's chest he took it and punched it to the outside into that back pylon for a touchdown Otis my man with the pick 6 Otis Sistrunk caught it on the left side at about the 37 peeled back to the right and he had all black jerseys blocking for him Greenhall PAT before that the snap there was a penalty it looked like there might have been movement by somebody just not sure who I think it's against minor Coach Kenny Morrison asking what the penalty is for you're up by 17 I'd go ahead and kick it and make it 18 let's hear what Kenny Morrison says decline it and kick it's what I'd say kick they chase points early they're just going to have to continue to chase yep so he'll decline the penalty and try the PAT again from the 10 yard line making a 20 yarder the Florence defense with another score and Greenhall to try to attempt the PAT snap good hold good kick this time not good it's blocked so they do block the kick and the score remains 23 to 6 this is 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going to be taken at the four by Johnson he has a seam off the left side to the 20-25 watch out to the 30 and finally got knocked down at the 40 ball on the ground ball comes out Florence may have it they're going to say he's down I believe let's see Rainier came up with it Florence is selling it now the question is the white hat is saying he was down and it's going to go to Miner so Florence will have to come out with the defense so the white hat quickly said that along with a couple of the other officials but Rainier was quick to jump on the fumble but it said his knee was down and so Miner will be 60 yards away trailing 23-6 with 424 to go here in the third quarter don't forget the AHSA scoreboard show to follow from 10 to midnight James Smitty will be in the 93-9 the score studios giving you updates as well quick snap giving off the bell got a little running room to the left and gets about five or six to 45 before knocked out of bounds Mike the one thing they do well is they do a quick snap on Florence and Florence hasn't been said a couple times right they've really caught the Falcons off guard they check in a lot of times to be able to make sure that they have the right play call in with their coordinator and when they quick snap that ball like that it's definitely a scramble match there they abandoned their run game went to the five wide and it cost them now they go back with three wide outs on the second out six play bell is the tailback look to pass Burt has time this time across the middle and three Falcons were there but he still drilled it right into the numbers of his receiver and it's caught for a first down at the Falcon 47 when he's able to set his feet and really drive into that ball he had some zip right on it put a real accurate ball right on his guy's hands and the Falcons had it covered it was just a nice play quick snap handed off the bell right up the middle gets to the 42 bounces off a van and slips down at the 41 thank goodness he did because he continued to bounce off and the fast snaps John are really playing a factor for this the minor team yeah the Falcons are going to have to get set quicker whatever's been called just play it if they if as long as everybody's doing the same thing they'll be okay second down and five for the Tigers trailing 23 to six to our Falcons it's time going to the right side trying to bounce it out there nobody there except Falcons and he's getting down for a loss of one or two pushing back to the 43 and having having Jaden White on that outside really sealed the edge without any any extra help so the Falcon linebackers were able to come in and clean that up right away it looked like an eclipse coming out there with White he absolutely pummeled two guys way off the ball it's third and they call it six to go from the 42 the Tigers have to get 36 they had two to the left three to the right no backs in the backfield and the Falcon crowd coming to this feet straight drop wants to throw the screen it's complete at the 40 trying to get loose at the 38 but he's not going to get the first down he's going to be about a yard and a half short this is four down territory for them anyway in this situation and this field so it doesn't really change much we need a fourth down stop here Burski and Irons cleaned it up it's fourth and two at the 43 and this Falcon crowd trying to get the Falcons through this with two minutes to go here in the third quarter Florence leaves at 23-6 biggest play of the night for Miner they have five wide outs I'd watch the quarterback draw here Bursk the quarterback rolling to his right he wants to run now he looks to throw at the last minute and it's caught by Moore at the 20 and brought down by Sistruck at the 19 that's a heck of a throw by number seven for Miner right there yeah it was a play on the run there but hit his guy right in the numbers in between two Falcon defenders kind of threaded the needle there Falcons were in decent coverage but still got the first down before the snap penalty against Miner they snapped it too soon and one of the wide receivers was moving wide receivers not set wide receiver better watch out there he's yelling at the quarterback hey bud you're the one that needs to get set Jeffrey Jones that is the quarterback on the sideline you can tell there's a little discombobulation there yeah there has been all night really for Miner they just they've got the right idea about going fast because they've caught us off guard a couple times but right there the receiver and the quarterback weren't on the same page and it showed after the play first and 15 from the 23 two wide outs one to each side for the quarterback Burks this time he's going to leave with his tailback right at the left side trying to break free his jumps at the 18 he's going to break it to the 15 to the 10 and broke down at the five touchdown saving tackle by Jayden Irons down at the five yard line I know early on in this game or early on in this half they kind of looked like they abandoned the run but they were a step or two away a couple of times from really breaking one I of building projects with the Florence City school system we're also glad to cheer on the Falcons as they celebrate milestone achievements as well good luck to head coach Kenny Morrison and the Florence Falcons football team on building a special season to remember as Carbine Construction wishes you the very best this season remember at Carbine Construction we build trust we build relationships and like the Florence Falcons football team at Carbine Construction we continue to build back here at Brawley Stadium Miner down 23-6 says we're not going away they've brought it all the way down to the Falcon four they'll have first and goal at the four yard line the tailback Cameron Jones the junior 56170 he's been a hiccup he's been hard to handle Burtz is the quarterback I think he can get a dose of 19 here look to pass going to throw to the out pattern and it's called for a touchdown easy throw and catch there Johnson catches it so they would throw a little out pattern and it's a touchdown for Miner and they trim the lead to 23-12 with a minute forward to go in the third and don't go away you get a feeling this one's far from over a lot of momentum all of a sudden swung back it seemed like to Miner on that play Diego to attempt the PAT which would cut it to 10 remember Burtz is holding though good snap though kick is up and it's not up it's blocked blocked away and it's a huge block I think Jaden Irons might have got it there and so the score remains 23-12 with 104 to go in the third don't go away we're back in 30 Florence Utilities offers several ways to view and pay your utility bill log into your account to sign up for paperless auto pay text pay to make your life easier when you go green and go paperless you will no longer have paper bills to fill up your mailbox and you'll be helping the environment to continue receiving a paper 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offside penalties kickoffs and you know forgive me for saying this but like that feels like a coaching issue you know with all their special teams issues that they've had in the pre-snap penalties and such like it just there's something feels off about that so it'll move it back to the 35 high schools kicking off from the 40 yard line they'll move it back to the 35 yard line and Mays and Gooseby are back deep for Florence as the temperature continues to drop here later in the third quarter 23 to 12 Florence leads it this is always the time for a big return after your kickoff team just ran the full length of the field just want to catch it and get it a few yards so I'm there good kick back to Mays will drive him back at the 11 Mays will bring it get away from the heaters it's not that cold I tend to disagree with that I think it is pretty cold but I'm not out there running around we've got to stay focused do a good long drive right here and put some points on the board Florence will start at the 27 Johnson the tailback behind the quarterback Mahan shotgun formation pistol formation as we say with the back right behind him Kirkland to the left is an H-back going to run it right up the middle and push forward for maybe a yard or two but that's all not much running room there as Miner closes that up again Jalen Lee coming up off the bottom of the pile along with Johnson second down and only give him a yard second down and nine Florence has used one time out Miner's used none you just get a feeling right here you don't need a three and out Goolsby Haddock and Elliott wide left I believe that's Kirkman wide right we'll check it on the second down play limit to Johnson he's hitting the backfield he's not going anywhere he's going to lose a yard try to sneak him off the right side and he's stopped and Florence when it come back for the fourth quarter will face third and 11 Florence leads it 23-12 going into the fourth quarter this is Falcon football we're back in one 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Here at Brawley Stadium where Florence leads Minor 23-12 but we're talking in the booth here we feel like this is one of those that all the momentum is swinging to Minor and Florence faces a third and ten here man this is a huge play and if Minor could get a stop here we got a game four wide outs for Mahan brings schools being motion to the inside a little bit straight drop looking right now has time across the middle throws it and it's almost intercepted and knocked away he was going for his tight end blank had good defense as the cornerback Smith came off of his man and almost intercepted it and it brings up fourth down for Florence and they'll have to punt it away yeah threw into traffic there you know it was such a that ball had to be put on the most perfect path and Goolsby was a little hung out to dry there couldn't really make a play on that play he was getting hit as he was trying to receive it tough call for Goolsby but the Falcons need to punt this one away and have great coverage two back Javon and Bell gets the snap and a great punt turns it over Bell will go back and catch their catch at the 32 yard line tremendous punt there by Greenhall but again this Falcon defense will have to come out and get a stop here because you feel like the momentum is starting to swing over to the kids from Adamsville Alabama and minor high school Florence was up 14-6 at the half got a field goal from Greenhall to make it 17-6 a pick six from Sistrunk you thought maybe you put it away there but then you give up a block extra point you give up a big kick return and 60 yards later you got a 23-12 game and now minor has it with plenty of time 11-46 to go and they have four wide outs out here for the quarterback Burks on this first and 10 play a burst to the quarterfinals at stake the pitch at forward trying to scoot outside Falcons did a good job of scrolling out there they get him out there and he's not going to get anything maybe a yard at that great defense by Florence there stringing out the play on the quick pitch inside to the motion man it was a great job by Klotzbach to get to the outside as far to that far edge as he could from the opposite side mind you but he was able to push that back in once he was able to get that back in the Falcons you know had a couple guys try and arm tackle and went right back to the line of scrimmage so second and 10 here second 10 wide right will be Johnson to the left I'll have to check it here they've got to the left look to pass wants to go for Johnson now he's got plenty of room to run he scrambles to the left wanted to try to get outside now he goes back now he's in trouble now he gets hit and he sacked balls down but I don't think Falcons got it I think he held on to it at the 27 he held on to it it was like it was about to come out of his hands but he got hammered there by the Falcons it did pop out of his hands about 3 or 4 inches it came back down into his hands as Klotzbach was trying to trying to grab that ball with him and Burski almost got in there as well but you know the quarterback recovered it and that was a loss of 5 the 3rd and 15 is going to be a tough one at the 27 by the way Jaden White had to come out of the game on that play got a little shook up so 3rd and 15 this is the play of the game for Florence defense I feel like get a stop here it would be huge Falcon fans trying to make some noise straight drop Bursk wants to throw across the middle and it's in and out intercepted picked off by the Falcons at the 35 again it's struck to the 25 to the 20 to the 15 to the 10 and knocked down at the 9 Otis my man have yourself a night it's like there's a flag on the play possibly on the return here back at the 32 across the way a flag on the play but the interception should stand as the ball went through the hands of Moore and who knows because that's in the area you know let's just hold off for a second the minor defense is coming on the field the Falcons offense is getting ready to come on the field let's see what he says blocking the back on Florence after the interception and it'll be Florence ball and Otis is struck with his second interception and Florence leads at 23-12 with 10-02 to go and they'll have the ball at the 42 you know that's one of those situations that John talked about earlier you know the harder you work the more times you find yourself in a lucky situation and Otis is struck you know after that ball was tipped wound up right in his right in his lap again but he's worked so hard this year and every year I mean he's he's one of those one of those players that continues to operate at a high level for the Falcons Florence offense has to hustle out the 17 on the play clock plays already set so they'll get ready for it with 15 at the 42 on the left hash going towards the south end zone Johnson's going to get it come back to the right cuts up the middle 40, 35, 30 stays on his feet bounces far to the 27 he'll have 15 down to the 26 move the chains once again number zero yeah that was a that was a touchdown saving tackle by Cohen Jackson there being able to trip to Carson Johnson up in that defensive backfield there but he shot out like a cannon great job up front by the Falcon offensive line being able to blow up that hole the clock never ran on that whole play now it's running under 10 minutes to go 940 and counting this time Johnson off the right side follows his block 25, 20 stays on his feet to the 15 down to the 12 move the chains again and the goose is cooking that was a great job by the Falcons around that edge to Carson Johnson hit that hole wound up getting to the outside and really getting another first down just being able to take over at the end of this quarter is huge 9 and a half minutes and counting Florence leads it 23 to 12 and knocking on the door this could be a dagger right here Florence can stick it in mayhem with Johnson behind him in that pistol formation boy blank and boy they've been amazing at tight end 10 and 8 going to run it to the right this time follows his block to the 10 to the 5 to the end zone to Carson Johnson says give it to the goose and I'll give you 6 what a great play there by the Carson Johnson he was going to the outside saw his blocker setting up he cut it back into the inside to use that that blocker again as another pick play being able to get through into the end zone that was just great vision there by the Carson Johnson it's a patient run that's exactly what it was as he waited on everything Greenhall to attempt the PAT snap good hold good kick up kick is good new score Florence leads it now by the score of 30 to 12 this is Falcon football don't go away we're back in 30 this is Miranda Haddock with the Florence Education Foundation we invite you to support our friends of the foundation campaign as a friend of the foundation you can contribute any amount to help fund classroom needs in Florence City Schools please visit our website at FlorenceEducationFoundation.org to explore our new giving levels and the added perks available we would like to wish Coach Morrison and the entire Falcon football team good luck this season the voice of the Florence High School Falcons WYTK FM Rogersville Athens Decatur The Shoals 93.9 The Score 9-0-4 left in the game and Florence extends the lead to 30 to 12 Kevin Johnson with you let's go to our status edition John McDaniel That was a quick drive Kevin just under a minute 57 seconds three plays covered 42 yards and to Carson Johnson did most of it by himself 12 yard touchdown run to cap it off Mike I think if I'd interviewed anybody last night for the broadcast if we'd had it it would probably be an Otis district because he's had two interceptions and really changed the game didn't see that coming but what a job by the senior Greenhal to boot it away high hanging kick will be taken at the nine coming back to the right side got a hold there's a hold there I didn't see a flag gets outside to the 25 to the 30 and finally pushed out of bounds at the 42 Kevin they did get your hold it was not the play you were talking I saw that they got a second one back in the middle of the field at the 23 there's a flag I was like man there's some lanes right there and it was definitely some guys being pulled down there were about four Falcons that were washed out at about the 30 and then another that was washed out at the 25 they caught the one at the 25 Jeffrey Jones on the sideline this Falcons team has really showed a lot of moxie tonight the Carson Johnson especially yeah we had quite a few injuries kids walking off the field including Jaden White he's better now Wes and Clark the trainers have been very busy tonight they've also been tending to Goolsby a little bit but it looks like everybody's alright and everybody's going to be back in the only one that might be done for the night and I still can't tell is Green Kevante Green we don't think we'll have him back with 8.55 to go the penalty will push Miner back to the 13 they'll have first and 10 and right now Otis is licking his lips he's already got two picks they're going to look to give it to their back trying to bounce it outside his belt he slipped down at the 12 couldn't get his feet under him no gain he'll fall down at the 13 no gain we'll say second down and 10 he's being chased around the edge and he tried to stick his foot in the turf and turn it upfield and it just slid right out from under him barely getting back to the line of scrimmage maybe a half yard loss florence leads it 30 to 12 with 8 and a half to go in the game trying to get to the quarterfinals in the elite eight of high school football in class 5a three wide outs for the quarterback burts wants to throw the quick out and got it to johnson hit it to 15 and stay on his feet and gets far to the 17 gain of four brings up third down and six again the falcon defense coming up well right there des brown did a great job he was getting blocked quite well by that wide receiver being able to shed that block and still make that play after a you know kind of decent gain there for minor to make this a third and seven ish des brown shoulder jersey came up over his shoulder pad and kenny marson grabbed it and put it in place for him so third and six the tigers have to get to the falcon 23 three wide outs to the right side on the right side there bale will be the back to the right and before the snap timeout taken by the tigers we're going to keep it right here 739 to go in the game florence leads at 30 to 12 and jeffrey jones on the sideline you got to feel like if this falcon team can get a stop here this could be it right here yeah big big questions you got to get a stop you know they got a time out right here they're going to plan something they you know they're really their offense when they execute it correctly the pre-snap penalties the false start I haven't seen a team with this many I'd be interested to know how many they have at the end of the game but you know it's when they they've got some powerful athletes that can break at any time if we do stop them right now that's a huge stop on our end I would say that this is four down territory though based on the point in the game with the time that's left even though they're backed up deep within their own territory this is thrown it all against the wall at this point third and seven that's the third team rolls out looking to throw throws it to the sideline and nearly tipped away by Cistrunk but caught right at the sticks and got the first down at the 25 26 yard line Cistrunk said oh my bad I'm sorry I didn't get one he was coming in to try and make a play at the quarterback not realizing that the quarterback was still behind the line of scrimmage and he came in a little bit too much and just with the outstretched fingertips just barely missed that one being able to tip that one away first and 10 now he's cramping up over there I hate to see that we gotta be careful give it off to the running back off the right side that's Jones and he pushes forward hit hard at the 34 and brought down at the 35 gain of nine and guess who made that hard hit with one leg I was definitely Cistrunk he needs to really stay down right here he's going to limp off the field I really wish he would go down they don't understand his kids don't understand go down there you go he heard you Kevin go down and let them get you no shame in that because the minor team was ready to run a play so we'll let him go down we'll take a 30 second time out this is Florence football we're back in 30 at First Southern Bank we always cheer for the home team we are homegrown with deep roots and we're invested in this community with checking First Southern Bank is your neighborhood bank sometimes a local financial institution with deep roots and a commitment to the community can provide just the banking services you need we always root for the home team because we are the home team First Southern Bank Equal Housing Lender Member FDIC back at Brawley Stadium Florence leads it 30 to 12 over Minor Sistrunk being helped off just cramped up there I mean he's been all the field he's run all the place last we heard Parker was handily in the lead over Russellville and Muscle Shoes was handily in the lead over Boaz and Clay Chalkville is handily in the lead over Douglas and if Florence wins this one and Clay Chalkville wins this one next Friday night a week before Thanksgiving Brawley Stadium better have 10,000 fans here for that one handoff up the middle Jones got the first down pushed forward across the 40 to the 30 or 42 yard line before he's brought down there and right now the clock with a three score lead just keep everything in front of you but the Tigers go really fast going to look to pass Burt wants to go deep has a man down the right sideline and it's tipped away beautifully by Jekyll and Jones he played that like a safety right there instead of a cornerback Moore was the intended receiver it's a good thing he did because that was a touchdown saving play he definitely had no one else behind him he had an opportunity at that ball and he did the wise thing instead of trying to catch it he just tipped it away that was a tough play three wide outs to the right low snap give it off the tailback and he slipped and he got hit now he's still in his feet but he's only about a yard flag on the play might be a face mask there I think Florence might have got him at the face mask and I wouldn't be surprised that's going to be five or fifteen depending on the mark but probably fifteen look like he got spun around and I think the Falcons caught the small back six thirty two to go in the game yeah fifteen yard and that's the right call the Florence player didn't mean to but he caught that mask and spun him around nobody means to right John they do not I've never meant to commit a foul never me no sir I will take those unfortunately they're they're tough tough breaks but that is a pure effort play he's trying to make a tackle I'll take that way quicker than I will a pre-snap penalty back in the game first and 10 at the 42 straight drop Burtz wants to throw looking right wants to get out to his right wants to throw flag on the play he completes it at the 35 tripped up right at the sticks at the 32 it'd be enough for the first down but wait right here it's yellow handkerchiefs back here with the white hat and he stands over at midfield Jaden White was pulled down by the pad and it was right in front of the white hat the white hat threw it and Jaden White kind of pointed at the guy and yeah Jeffrey Jones I will say this about Jaden White he is not a dirty player but he's very demonstrative yeah he's very animated too animated that's a good word he committed that penalty on the 15 yarder on accident and then right there pretty much got it all back for Florence by just making demanding number 56 to hold him if he wasn't going to make the play he just challenged him to hold him first and 20 at the 48 52 yards away 6 minutes and 10 seconds to go quick throw out here complete to Bell got a hammy man and he's hit and brought down right at the 50 that's a great job by Klotzbach and Brown to double team him Dez Brown did a great job once again fighting off that wide receiver absolutely plowed the wide receiver to the ground to be able to come back as Klotzbach was making that play was to clean it up Dez Brown really impressed me this game 5 wide out quick snap Burtz wants to throw has plenty of time they've got him contained now he's being flushed back to the right now he's being flushed back to the left now he's in trouble now he's hit now he's brought down he's sacked back at the 45 look at Jaden White's jersey pulled up near his nipples let's call it what it is in the chest area Petway on the sack was that a bad term we all have them that's a new one that's the jersey 520 to go and I tell you what it's cold out there that's why we've got to pull the jerseys down I mean he was held horribly is what I meant by that third and a long way to go how about third and Royal Avenue rolling to the right Burtz he's being chased by White he's in trouble throws across his body complete but not for much and that's a tackle by Dez White excuse me Dez come up here and make the tackle White was chasing and Dez Brown makes the tackle it's going to be fourth and about 16 Dez Brown did a great job there of really cleaning that one up he's been tackling hard he's been playing so physical tonight fourth and 14 we'll say Mike he has been the player of the game on defense he has been I know Sistrunk has two interceptions but his effort has been tremendous timeout on the field by Miner 432 to go fourth down coming after this 30 second timeout craving authentic Mexican flavor dive into delicious at Hugo's Mexican Restaurant 4160 Florence Boulevard at the entrance to Kendall Garden start off with fresh tortilla 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be fourth down now and 17 you know here's the thing when you look down here the Falcon band starting to get loud and here comes the Falcon crowd once again on fourth and Royal Avenue to go for the Tigers can the Falcons get a sack here comes the blitz Berski's chasing after him he rolls out throws it on the run to the sideline incomplete that'll do it right there the Falcon defense holds and listen to the Falcon crowd below on this cold night they're going to let the Falcon defense know about the cowbells ringing Jaden White once again held he's letting the official know he's got to chill out that plays over with we have the ball but with 426 left being able to milk the clock here is going to be of utmost importance I love I love that call by Coach Wisdom he brought an outside backside linebacker blitz and really heated up they had a play developing downfield but they couldn't get to it because they had a blitzing player right in his face first and 10 at the 49 Elijah Hines will come into the game now running back two wide outs 426 to go in the game let's run that clock a little bit Miner only has one timeout left the tight in HVAC come to the right side Hines cuts back had a little room got across the 45 to the 44 give him about 4 that's a great cut by Hines right there Hines being able to get the ball and really move the ball down field is really good to see him just back on the field and contributing for the Falcons little extra curriculars after the fact just a little extra activity after the play and a smart substitute just to make sure it wasn't anything bad good job nothing wrong with it just give you a breather here sometimes fish will start looking for that number after a play like that second down and five going to run Hines right up the middle got the first down at the 40 to the 39 to the 37 down to the 36 they're trying to strip the ball finally they'll blow the whistle at the 36 yard line good job behind there holding on to the ball and a good strong run by the youngster and a late flag back here in the defensive backfield and they're going to the book and I think right now mine are a little frustrated here in the last 339 Jeffrey Jones you saw that right there yeah it looks like they took our bait I think we baited them and they lost a little bit of composure right there late in the game when the game is on the line and you know that all things are almost lost here it's very easy to lose your composure deep in this game Florence leads it 30 to 12 with 3 and a half to go and trying to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals of 5A State that's the second unsportsmanlike conduct foul on minor one was on the sideline and then that one on a player it'll be a 15 yarder and they push it further deep with 339 to go and right now Florence has got the clock in their favor they've got the momentum in their favor they've got the scroll board in their favor Kevin looks like there's a little bit more energy than earlier in the game on the sideline the Falcons seem to be a little buzz going and Florence I think may call a timeout here actually going to timeout across the way we'll see either way timeout on the field minor mine are use their last timeout we'll do the same for orange leaves at 30 to 12 come back and see us in 30 when you're in the mood for a sweet treat just the way you like it yogurt mountain on Cox Creek Parkway has you covered with 16 rotating flavors 40 toppings and a dozen sauces the combinations are endless so whether you want a simple treat or a decked out dessert just grab a cup and create your ultimate frozen yogurt concoction at yogurt mountain all of the flavors are kosher most are gluten free and there are always non-dairy and non-sugar added options visit today and discover your new favorite frozen yogurt destination 240 Cox Creek Parkway in Florence and 3312 Woodward Avenue in Muscle Shoals back down here at Raleigh Stadium Florence leads it 30 to 12 let's go to Jeffrey Jones Florence right now needs to take advantage of this and put this one away yeah you know it's one it's two things one I would run some clock don't try to necessarily score but just stay inbounds yeah they've told them to stay inbounds and protect the football and you know Heinz will lead the tailback to the right of the quarterback Mahan some fresh faces in there on the offensive line too and also at wide receiver from Florence as well is David Butler along with Kirkman Tejada and Boyd will move right going to lead with Heinz up the middle pushes far got to about the 18 yard line and they'll blow the whistle there and the clock will run as miners use their last time out trailing 30 to 12 and I don't know about it but city of Florence you might want to listen up next Friday night I think we're going to be back here at Brawley Stadium and next Friday night we need 10,000 fans from city of Florence there's no need not to do it I'll talk about it a lot but if Florence can put this one away and it what and it was a really close game and it was what high school football was all about and it kind of propelled us forward a few years but we need a lot of people here next week second down play going to leave with Heinz off the left he's going to use his speed cut up in the middle of the 15 cuts far to the 12 and that'll move it down third down and two whistle on the play might have been a flag on a hold in there absolutely it was a hold number 71 on the outside got caught as the linebacker was trying to push through his pads were all sorts of twisted I tell you what though Raymond Russell that young offensive line Jeffrey Jones has played well for Florence all season long all season long I thought you were going to say tonight no it's been all season long what I thought the season could be a weakness for the Falcons in my opinion has probably been an actual strength you know they have the offside the holding the false starts have been not non-existent but minimal you know so I'll take this offensive line any day of the week this is a good representation and they've got quite a few that have played you know we've got a couple that have been out a few games just to speak about the offensive line just a little bit it's probably the best offensive line we've had since the days of Coach Harden on the sidelines it's really that that good of a crew Coach Harden and Coach Harper have done an amazing job with this offensive line and really good play clock down to 8 220 and counting on the second down and 20 play or 17 play Mahan gets it down to 1 hands it off to Heinz it's hit line on scrimmage and it puts forward to the 26 and let that clock run so another 40 seconds will come off the clock Florence won't have to snap it again until right at the 140 mark 130 mark even something like that somewhere in there this Falcon team 10 and 1 on the season about to set a team or a school record tie a school record with 11 wins on the season the last team to do that was the 2014 Florence Falcons who went all the way to the state semifinals this Falcon team going to the quarterfinals the common denominator it looks like they both will be facing Clay Chalpel but this time it will be at Brawley Stadium and Florence holds on play clock at 6 game clock at 1.30 third down at 15 Mahan gets the snap at 1 hands it off to Heinz he covers it up with two hands and is knocked down at the line of scrimmage no gain and now the Falcons can run it down to about 40 seconds things are starting to get great for Florence right now and Kenny Marson doing a great job managing the clock managing the team and I want to give to Rico Jackson credit on that timeout he could have saved that timeout I think he calmed his team down with that timeout that says a lot about him right you know when the game is out of hand you start seeing your guys lose your composure there's nobody that knows these players better than their own head coaches so just seeing that they're losing composure a little bit and everything just kind of rally the troops and go hey let's finish the season out with class and kudos to coach for doing that when you've taken two different teams in two different classifications to state championship games you've definitely got know what a program takes and are one excellent coach timeout taken by Florence with 37 seconds to go we're going to keep it right here as Florence leaves it 30 to 12 we'll try to get an update on that Clay Choppel but they were way ahead of Douglas and they have not been threatened by anyone in class 5A so far this year Florence will have their chance next Friday night to play the best of the best there's about five juggernaut teams in the state we feel like Parker and Clay Choppel are two in the north that everybody talked about Sarah Land Hillcrest Gulf Shores in the south but this Florence Falcons team is gaining attention fourth down play with 37 seconds to go Florence up 30 to 12 going to leave with Hines who just pushes forward and he won't get much and that's okay so he goes down at the 29 yard line the clock will run down to 31 seconds and Miner will get the ball but Mahan a credit to him again the clock management a little more maturity you see there from the beginning of the season just a great job right there and a great job by the coaching staff to make sure that like they were coaching him through that situation he was looking in they weren't giving him the play too early they told him how many seconds to snap it with like you see the dialogue between the two they're always talking and Costa did a great job of managing that right there 31 seconds to go Miner will have it at the 29 yard line Florence will put some backups in here Quintavian Williams has come in on the defensive line Kevin yep Hayden Lott's in at line timebacker Ward back at safety Elijah Rowland out there as well Burtz is going to throw rolls to his right has time back across the middle of the field and it's caught at the 43 and a good job of Falcons tackling there is Rainer who kept him in bounds clock was run after they moved the change 20 seconds on the game clock Florence leads it 30 to 12 and Falcons starting to dance up and down on this cold cold night clay chop will win it 56 to 0 back to passes Burtz has time doesn't have time skips away wants to throw now he's going to look going to try to get away now he spins away gets down and sacked and that'll do it he is sacked at the end by pet way and how appropriate to the falcon defense with a sack to end it and Florence is marching on to the state quarterfinals as they beat minor 30 to 12 and Friday night next week clay chopper coming to brawley let's get ready for a big one this is falcon football we're back in one minute game day's coming and your tailgate crew is counting on you that's why lost pizza company shoals put together the tailgate playbook specialty pizzas wing trays and sub platters all built to feed a crowd it's why we're the go to pizza place in Florence 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great news falcon fans there are eight teams left in class 5a after tonight and one of them is your florence falcons who win it 30 to 12 let's go down to Jeffrey Jones who has the head coach Kenny Morrison with him coach good win tonight yeah it was hard fought our guys played hard as they could play so proud of them moving on round three so this team there were no slouches they had some good athletes our defense stepped up and held them for the most part really well coach football team those guys played hard good football players really classy group right there coaches and players so you know we have 24 hours to relish this one how does it feel we're going to play round three I think for the first time ever at Raleigh Stadium next week yeah I don't know I'm relishing for 24 hours we're going to enjoy it we'll make that trip to Montgomery tomorrow morning early it's going to be a long drive but I'm going to love every second of it sign win it tonight by a score of 30 to 12 and the alma mater being played by the minor high school teams band across the way I agree with Kenny Morrison you know honestly very classy acting group all night long we saw a couple of games this year where some cheap shots were taken nothing like that at all tonight this was a well coached group they had some issues on special teams I know I called that out earlier but you could tell really and truly this coach had the pulse of his team and really they're going to be a tough opponent for years to come just based on this is his first season there you know what he's going to be able to build here is definitely going to be something special being able to come on the road with this Falcon team is definitely a tough sledding for them but they'll be back for sure I'll have a double header next night Mike will probably be with me on both of them Thursday night Florence basketball against Bob Jones from the coffee gym and then Friday night here at Broly Stadium Florence hosting one of the top ranked teams in the state of Alabama Clay Chauvel Florence is ranked number eight I think Clay Chauvel was actually final ranking was number one they were number one if they could give them a negative number that's how high they're ranked they're in a class of their own for sure I'm telling you folks it is one of those very much David and Goliath games next week as good as this Florence team is but as I've told the coaches and the players this week I said you win this one you got a chance to be in Auburn versus Georgia anything can happen on any given night we saw it that Hoover team was considered one of the best in basketball in basketball in the state of Alabama in its history if you want to put it up and we had it within a few possessions of possibly making a run and winning that game so anything can happen that's why they play the games but on our home turf we need to fill this stadium up period it was 2007 and you'll hear me talking about a lot that Florence played in the first round against Hoover it was controversial because Hoover was the number one team but they got disqualified from four games after the 10th week because of an eligible player they end up being undefeated but coming to Florence to play with the four disqualifications they were the four seed and so Florence had to play the top team in the state and what do they do Florence comes in here and went toe-to-toe with them to the very end losing on the last second field go it's eerily the same top set up but the key to that game I still will say was 10 to 12,000 I've even heard some say 13 to 14,000 were at that game next Friday night I cannot stress enough to the city of Florence go ahead and make your plans to be at Brawley Stadium next Friday night I'm going to go ahead and say take down the tarps and get ready we're going to fill this place up this Falcon team deserves it it's going to be a good one Florence wins it tonight by a score of 30 to 12 and a lot of stats being worked on here but really exciting Jeffrey Jones you're still down there on the sideline correct I'm actually about to get on the elevator oh he's on the elevator it's pretty cold out there but JJ what a night for this Falcon team great showing all around the offense showed up the defense showed up and they all worked together and minimized the mistakes we laid on the ground one time got it back so you can't beat that what about Otis with his two interceptions he almost had two pick sixes he kind of got stopped on the 20 yard line and came back from a penalty but excellent job by those guys the defense really stepped up number two he had a great job at corner so it's been a great night for us Florence fans on the field celebrating with their team minor team walking off they had some great fans cheerleaders band came pure class Enrico Jackson tip of the hat to you my friend you went to the state championship last year but you handed your team well down the stretch realized some of your team was getting a little upset just because the way the score was falling you called the timeout and said hey that's not who we are and I tip my hat to any coach who does that and I could tell that's what happened in a lot of class as Kenny Marson said from this minor team let's go to our stats brought to us by our good friends at Chick-fil-A John McDaniels done a great job take it away thank you Kevin well let's start with the tenacious Tigers tonight for the game they had 247 yards of total of total offense had 28 rushes for 116 yards 17 completions on 24 attempts 131 yards passing 12 first downs tonight 1 for 8 on 3rd down conversions 2 for 3 on 4th down attempts big thing 19 penalties for 140 yards tonight 2 turnovers 0 for 1 on their PAT attempt their time of possession 25 minutes 7 seconds the Falcons tonight 242 yards of offense we had 32 rushes for 158 yards 7 completions on 14 attempts for 84 yards through the air 15 first downs tonight 2 for 8 3rd down conversions 0 for 2 on 4th down attempts the Falcons had 7 penalties for 60 yards no turnovers we were 3 for 4 on our PAT attempts tonight and the time of possession 22 minutes 53 seconds Costin tonight he had 84 yards through the air 7 completions on 14 attempts 1 touchdown to Carson to Carson to Carson Johnson he had 15 carries 131 yards on the ground and 2 touchdowns Elijah Hines had 10 carries for 33 yards tonight receiving Kevante Kevante 4 catches 28 yards and the touchdown Tripp Morris had the big catch 33 yards longest pass play tonight Justin Kerman had one catch for 18 yards back to you KJ thank you John Florence wins it 30 to 12 you're listening to the TNT fireworks postgame show of Florence Falcons football we're back in two minutes hello this is Kevin Arnold with Village Discount Drugs we've been in the Shoals since 1979 we live here we go to school here do you want to do business with someone local or a company from Rhode Island Illinois or Arkansas the large chains just don't reinvest in our community the large 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remember at carbine construction we build trust we build relationships and like the Florence Falcons football team at carbine construction we continue to build welcome back to the TNT fireworks postgame show at Brawley Stadium on a chilly cold night now we're at 39 degrees as we get ready to close this up here tonight but Florence with great news the Falcons win it by score of 30-12 over the minor Tigers the Tigers season will come to close at 8-4 Florence will go to 11-1 on the season 11-1 for the Falcons as the Falcons and their families are celebrating a great season but Florence wins it go to the quarter finals next week at home against Clay Chauvel what a game that will be let's get our final thoughts tonight on this big matchup this big win for Florence and I'll start with you Mike Albertson I think this team I said early in the season this team is good but can they be great well we're going to find out next week you get to play Clay you play the Falcons have a tall task ahead of them but we're so proud of this program and where it's come and how hard they've worked to get to this point thus far the season isn't over by any means of the imagination the job is not finished we'll use all the platitudes in the world but this Falcon team came out and they handled their business from beginning to end in this one and so hats off to this coach Morrison and the guys that poured into this team and the players were responding they've done just a great job and I'm just really proud and it's a great day to be a Falcon well put right there Jeffrey Jones final thoughts good you know we've had a great season so far we've kind of gotten used to this whole winning thing and I really like it you know I like the enthusiasm I like where the school is headed I like where the athletic programs are headed and I like where this football team is headed you know used to we played the juggernauts the first round because we were the fourth in our region now we have to wait three rounds to play a juggernaut and I'm ready for the task I think that if we show up play our game we're going to make a game of it so there's no doubt we've got a talented team coming next week we'll need everybody in Florence to come and support these guys but you know the enthusiasm look at the enthusiasm down there on the field they're going to ask them 25 times to get off the field and you know no one's listening because they're having a good time I'm all for it so show up show up for us show up for the Falcons next week and let's enjoy this one over the weekend John McDaniel your thoughts on tonight's win look I'm as proud of this game for the Falcons as they've played any game this year this was a good team and the Falcons really took it to them second round of the playoffs when you win 30 to 12 you have really had a you've played a good game you have had a good game plan and you have done you've got a good team and you've done a great job but looking forward to next week you know it's not often that it's very rare matter of fact that you get a number one team to come to your stadium to get a chance to upset the number one and you know the Falcons can look forward to take you can take advantage of that and they will echo if you can win next week it will be something on everybody in the state of Alabama will be talking about you first thing Saturday morning and the Falcons Donna if you're in the game you can win the game and the Falcons have got a chance and they need a good week of practice as you guys have talked about the Falcon family showing up next week to watch some of the best high school football that we've had in a while look forward to seeing everyone here but the Falcons have had it done a terrific job and I'm super proud probably in my opinion the most complete game they had against one of the best team maybe they've played all season well said guys that's great I didn't do the final scores here the first quarter it was the really good team from minor getting off to early start they took the opening drive went down the field scored from Bell from two yards out six to zero then Florence answered back in the second quarter after trailing six to zero as the Carson Johnson on 29 yard scamper put it in the end zone to cap a four play 53 yard drive Parker Greenhal's extra point made it seven to six in the second quarter there late in the second quarter Mayhand to Green again this time an eight yard snatch as he went up and just snatched it down to cap a five play 53 yard drive extra point was good and at the half Florence led it 14 to six and then Florence midway through the third quarter started to put it away started with Greenhal kicking a 22 yard field goal to make it 17 to six after a six play drive following that it was Florence again getting another touchdown this time on the defense maybe the play of the game Otis Sistron Otis my man with the pick he took it back 37 yards put it in the end zone Florence led it 23 to six minor wouldn't go away Burt to Johnson four yard throw was good 23 to 12 the extra point was blocked I kept an eight play 60 yard drive but then Florence to Carson Johnson put it away late in the game capping a three play 42 yard drive as he sticks it in the zone from 14 yards out and Florence wins it 30 to 12 and the Falcons are going to the quarterfinals my final thoughts from as the voice of the Falcons on this one tonight and this season really is this this Florence Falcon team has had the greatest season maybe of any team since 2014 11 and 2 on the year by the way just a side note next week I'm not mistaken I think Parker will have to come to Muscle Shoals and Clay Chalkville will have to come to Florence so think about all the 5A schools in Alabama and the two quarterfinal games in the north will be played right here in Lauderdale County and Carbett County and throw in another college game if North Alabama were to win tomorrow against West Florida next weekend you could have three great games played on Friday and Saturday in this area so it should be a lot of fun but for this Falcons team I love the coaching staff I love the head coach I think he's amazing what he's done I love how they've gotten put things together and we've had a few injuries throughout the year and what happens the next man steps up and the next man steps up this Falcons team has chemistry they know they can play they know what's at stake they know that they're about to play the best team they've played all year by far they know what's coming up but they've put themselves in the position they won the region they got the home field advantage and now they get a chance to be the David versus Goliath next week and I promise you these guys have picked up five stones and a slingshot and they're ready to try to knock off the best of the best and City of Florence again I implore you please come out and make plans to support this team let's pack Brawley Stadium like we did some 19 years ago when Hoover came to 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