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LEVEL 11 · TRI-CITY FOOTBALL
FRIDAY NIGHT PREVIEW
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
Preview
Two Unbeatens Hit the Road, Four Winless Teams Look for Answers
After Shaw and Spencer both won on Thursday, the rest of the Tri-City slate plays tonight. Russell County and Glenwood carry perfect records into the night, Central-Phenix City and Pacelli try to build on recent wins, and four still-winless teams — Brookstone, Jordan, Sumter County and Smiths Station — are all in action looking for their first W of 2026.
Kendrick, Calvary Christian and Hardaway are all on byes this week. Shaw (3-1), Columbus (2-2), and Spencer (2-2) already played their games Thursday night — see our separate Thursday recap. Everything below is tonight's action.
GAMES TO WATCH
7:00 PM CT
KICKOFF
Russell County @ Wetumpka
Russell County enters 3-0, 1-0 region
Russell County has been the area's most dominant team through three weeks, outscoring opponents 134-44. Tonight's region opener at Wetumpka is the first real measuring stick for a Warriors team that hasn't been seriously tested yet.
8:00 PM CT
KICKOFF
Central-Phenix City @ Opelika
Central enters 2-1, 1-0 region
Central dropped its opener to Thompson 14-41 but has rattled off two straight region-eligible wins since (54-3 over Pell City, 49-0 over JAG) to enter tonight unbeaten in region play. Opelika on the road is a real test of whether that turnaround is for real.
7:00 PM
KICKOFF
Glenwood vs. St. Paul's Episcopal
Glenwood enters 3-0, 1-0 region
Glenwood is the area's other unbeaten, having outscored its first three opponents by a combined 88 points — including a 49-19 win over Brookstone, who plays tonight still looking for its first win. St. Paul's Episcopal comes in from Mobile for Glenwood's home region game.
7:30 PM
KICKOFF
Mount Vernon @ Pacelli
Pacelli 2-1 hosts unbeaten Mount Vernon (2-0)
Pacelli has won back-to-back since an opening loss to Stratford Academy, most recently a 21-19 squeaker over Dadeville. Mount Vernon arrives from Atlanta unbeaten, including a 34-28 overtime win, in one of the more evenly-matched games on tonight's board.
7:30 PM
KICKOFF
Central (Macon) @ Brookstone
Brookstone 0-4 hosts Central (2-0)
Brookstone reached last year's GIAA 4A finals but is winless through four games this season, most recently shut out 38-0 by Stratford Academy. Central of Macon — a different "Central" than the Phenix City team playing Opelika tonight — is chasing its first 3-0 start since 2016.
7:00 PM
KICKOFF
Chattahoochee County @ Jordan
Chattahoochee County 2-0 at winless Jordan (0-3)
Jordan is 0-3 and has been outscored 106-15 through three games — shut out in its first two (0-44 vs. Columbus, 0-42 at Central-Macon) before scoring 15 in a 15-20 loss at Terrell County. A heavy underdog at home tonight against an unbeaten Chattahoochee County team that's outlasted Terrell County and Pelham so far.
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ALSO TONIGHT
Carver @ Southwest DeKalb7:30 PM
Lovejoy @ Northside7:30 PM
Harris County @ New Hampstead7:30 PM
Sumter County @ Early County7:30 PM
Smiths Station @ JAG (Montgomery)7:00 PM
ON BYES THIS WEEK
KendrickBYE
Calvary ChristianBYE
HardawayBYE
A note on the numbers: Records and kickoff times above are pulled from each team's MaxPreps schedule page as of this write-up. Central-Phenix City, Central (Macon), and Central-Talbotton are three separate schools — Brookstone's opponent tonight is the Macon school, not the Phenix City team playing Opelika. Early County's and JAG's own records weren't independently confirmed and are left out rather than guessed.