Shawn Bowles
Hewitt-Trussville's head coach Josh Floyd (HC) leads a team prayer during a game between Hewitt-Trussville High School and Hoover on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium. Photo by Shawn Bowles
Hewitt-Trussville High School's football team scored four touchdowns in the first quarter and cruised to a 49-0 win over Tuscaloosa County in Class 6A, Region 3 play on Friday night.
Jack Floyd got things started with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Martin, then found Martin again on a 49-yard score before DJ Hall added a 47-yard touchdown catch and Daniel Williams capped the quarter with a 17-yard touchdown run, staking Hewitt-Trussville to a 28-0 lead after one quarter.
The Huskies added one more before halftime, with Floyd finding Henry Farrell for a 25-yard touchdown to make it 35-0 at the break. Williams' second touchdown of the night, an 18-yard run, extended the lead to 42-0 in the third quarter, and Nathan Mohr's 3-yard touchdown run in the fourth capped the scoring.
Floyd finished 18 of 19 passing for 258 yards and four touchdowns before giving way to Harris Tuggle, who completed all three of his attempts for 37 yards. Martin caught two passes for 52 yards and both of his touchdowns, and Hall added four catches for 79 yards. Williams led the ground game with 65 yards and two touchdowns on five carries.
Tuscaloosa County was held to 117 total yards and managed just 9 net passing yards on the night.
Hewitt-Trussville improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Region 3, and hosts Prattville next week. Tuscaloosa County fell to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in the region.
Clay-Chalkville scored on its first play from scrimmage and never let up, routing Southside-Rainbow City 55-3 on Friday night to open Class 5A, Region 6 play at 2-0.
Nasir Ray took the opening kickoff 80 yards to the house to make it 7-0, and Cayden McGhee added a 16-yard touchdown run before Southside got on the board with a 40-yard field goal to trail 14-3 after one quarter. Clay-Chalkville pulled away in the second, with McGhee catching a 37-yard touchdown pass from Cornelius Eldridge, Isaiah Brown scooping up a fumble in the end zone for a score, and Aaron Robinson adding a 5-yard touchdown run to make it 34-3 at halftime.
The rout continued after the break. McGhee's second rushing touchdown of the night made it 41-3, and Juandrae Elliott broke off a 50-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 48-3 through three quarters. General Wilcher capped the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
Clay-Chalkville finished with 418 total yards, with the ground game doing most of the damage: 307 yards on 42 carries. Elliott and Eldridge each ran for 74 yards, and Wilcher added 49. McGhee accounted for three total touchdowns between his two rushing scores and the receiving score. Isaiah Brown had a hand in two Southside turnovers, an interception and the fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Southside was held to just 69 total yards and managed only 10 rushing yards on 35 attempts.
Clay-Chalkville improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Region 6, and hosts Oxford next week in the first game in the new Cougar Stadium. Southside fell to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the region, and travels to Pinson Valley.
