Photo by Savannah Schmidt.
The Hewitt-Trussville High School football team runs out before the game against Vestavia Hills on Sept. 6.
The Hewitt-Trussville High School football team heads down the home stretch in the month of October.
The regular season finishes in a flurry for the Huskies, as they play their final four games over the four Friday nights of the month.
Hewitt-Trussville played its first three Class 7A, Region 3 games of the year in September, visiting Vestavia Hills and hosting Hoover and Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa.
Following a midseason trip to Pinson Valley for a non-region game, the Huskies will set forth for a final month of two home games and two road games.
Hewitt will begin the month on Oct. 4 with a trip to Thompson, a team that has won four state championships and been to two more over the last six years.
The Huskies last defeated Thompson in 2019 in the regular season finale. The two programs have met nine times in the last six seasons, with Thompson winning eight of those, including three playoff games.
Last season, Thompson knocked off Hewitt 40-14 in the regular season and 21-10 once again in the state semifinals. It was Hewitt’s first semifinal appearance since 1996.
Hewitt-Trussville returns home for a couple games at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium, Oct. 11 against Prattville and the following week against Oak Mountain.
Hewitt-Trussville and Prattville have never met on the field. This is the first time the two teams have been region foes, with a shuffle in the Class 7A regions putting the Lions into Region 3 as opposed to a region with Montgomery-area teams.
In recent years, the Huskies have had great success against Oak Mountain. They have won each of the last eight meetings between the two teams, snapping a three-game Oak Mountain winning streak in the series.
Last fall, the Huskies cruised to a 42-7 win over Oak Mountain early in the season. In 12 meetings in the series history, the teams have met once in the playoffs, back in 2016.
Hewitt-Trussville makes a trip to Tuscaloosa County on Oct. 25 to wrap up the regular season. The two teams have met nine times previously, with most of them coming in the last decade. Tuscaloosa County has only emerged victorious once, in 2014.
The Huskies won a 1996 playoff meeting and have won seven straight since 2015.
Hewitt-Trussville plays 10 consecutive weeks before taking its open date Nov. 1, ahead of a hopeful playoff date.
Clay-Chalkville also plays the second half of its schedule in October.
The Cougars begin the month at home against Mountain Brook and Huffman, before wrapping up the Class 6A, Region 6 slate on the road at Oxford and Pinson Valley.
Clay wraps up the regular season Nov. 1 at Vestavia Hills.
