’16 prep football schedules set
Clay-Chalkville, Hewitt-Trussville and Pinson Valley have released their 2016 football schedules.
The Cougars and Indians will be in the same region once again (Class 6A, Region 6), but will see a handful of new region opponents due to AHSAA reclassification. The Huskies will see the most significant change, moving to Region 4 of Class 7A and meeting a complete set of different foes.
The upcoming season will be the first that Clay-Chalkville and Hewitt-Trussville will not meet on the gridiron since the inception of the Cougars’ football program in 1996.
Hewitt-Trussville will now be forced to navigate a region comprised mostly of Huntsville-area programs, and will play Grissom, Bob Jones, Huntsville and James Clemens at home and Gadsden City, Buckhorn and Sparkman on the road in the region.
Outside of the region, the Huskies will face Montgomery Bell from Tennessee (Aug. 19) and Manatee from Florida (Aug. 26) along with crosstown opponent Center Point (Sept. 23).
Class 6A, Region 6 is comprised of new teams Minor, Walker and Carver-Birmingham along with existing members Clay-Chalkville, Pinson Valley, Center Point and Gardendale.
Pinson Valley will open the year with a home contest against McAdory on Aug. 19. The following week will put the Indians on the road against Ramsay. A Sept. 23 trip to Shades Valley will precede an open week, and they will conclude the regular season at Pleasant Grove for the out-of-region portion of the schedule.
On Sept. 2, Pinson Valley is scheduled to open a three-game league stretch at Minor before visiting Clay-Chalkville and Walker. The Indians will then face three more league challenges: Center Point, at Gardendale and Carver-Birmingham for senior night.
After reaching its second consecutive Class 6A state championship game last season, Clay-Chalkville will attempt to keep a 15-game home winning streak alive in the season opener against Florence on Aug. 19. The Cougars will then face a road test at Bessemer City on the 26th.
From there, Clay-Chalkville opens league play Sept. 2 when it welcomes Walker to Cougar Stadium. They will stay in region play for the next two Fridays, starting at Pinson Valley on Sept. 9 before hosting Center Point for Homecoming.
On Sept. 23 Clay-Chalkville will briefly step out of Region 6 play in a home game against James Clemens.
The Cougars will then open a three-game region stretch starting at Gardendale, continuing at home against Carver-Birmingham and ending on Oct. 14 at Minor. They put an end to regular season play on Oct. 21 at Park Crossing.