The 2012 high school football playoffs have begun. The first round saw upsets and more than a few minor surprises. Here are some interesting facts from this week's games.

   *   Dadeville with 26 and Tanner with 25 currently hold on to the top spots for consecutive games won on their home turf. Both teams won in the first round. Tanner will entertain Walter Wellborn at home while Dadeville must travel to Mobile to face a tough competitor in UMS-Wright in the second round.

   *   Tanner maintains sole possession of first place with a thirty-five game regular season winning streak and since the regular season is over they will carry that streak into the 2013 season.

   *   All the teams that are 11-0 for the 2012 season are tied for the longest winning streak.. These teams are - Brantley, Fyffe, Piedmont, Daleville, Oneonta, Muscle Shoals, McAdory, Hoover and McGill-Toolen.

   *   Central Hayneville continues to top our list with fifty consecutive losses and since they did not qualify for the playoffs will carry it into 2013.

   *   Central Hayneville also has a streak of thirty-seven consecutive region losses dating back to 2007.

   *   The T.R. Miller Tigers have scored in 328 consecutive games.

   *   Tanner also holds the state lead with a streak of twenty-seven consecutive region wins. Monroe Academy has won twenty-nine in a row in AISA. Other notables in AHSAA include.... Maplesville (24) and Piedmont (24).

   *   Muscle Shoals has started the 2012 season with eleven consecutive wins which is a first in the history of the school.

Other Notes:

Seven number four seeds won in the first round. They include: Briarwood Christian, Greenville, Hartselle, St. Clair County, Straughn Colbert County and Hubbertville.

Central Clay County and St. Luke's picked up playoff wins for the first time in team history. Chilton County (1996), Wenonah (1997) and Hubbertville (1999) ended long streaks of not winning a playoff game.

T.R. Miller with their 55-20 win over Abbeville has now tied Hazlewood with thirty first round wins. The Tigers are also closing in on Hazlewood's record of eighty five playoff wins with eighty two of their own.

Colbert County has won twenty second round playoff games. TR. Miller follows closely with nineteen. The Indians also have more playoff appearances than any other team with thirty six.

Teams that have never won a second round playoff game include: Central Clay County and St. Lukes.