The race to the playoffs is underway with three weeks remaining in the regular season. Region Championships are on the line now. Here are a few tidbits from this week's football action around the state.

   *  UMS-Wright has the longest winning streak in the AHSAA having posted 12 consecutive victories following a 65-0 victory over Monroe County. Monroe Academy leads the AISA with a 22 game winning streak following a 28-0 win over Pike Liberal Arts.

   *   Barbour County has a string of forty-seven consecutive losses over the past few years. They lost to Ariton 53-0 Monday.

   *   The longest region losing streak belongs to Brindlee Mountain with a streak of 37 straight region losses following a 55-6 region loss to Plainview.

   *   The Fyffe Red Devils have won 35 straight regular season games after beating Cedar Bluff 56-0 on Friday.

   *   The longest region winning streak belonged to the Yellow Jackets of McGill-Toolen with a streak of 30 straight region victories before they fell to Theodore Friday by a score of 15-3. Demopolis now has the longest region winning streak at 30 games.

   *   The Volunteers of Monroe Academy have a string of 38 consecutive home wins following their road victory Friday. Fyffe leads the AHSAA schools with a 27 game home winning streak.

   *   Rogers now has the longest road winning streak among the AHSAA schools at 13 games. Chambers Academy leads the AISA schools with a 22 game road winning streak.

   *   Maplesville has scored twenty or more points in 57 consecutive games after putting up 32 on a good Isabella team Friday night.

   *   The Fyffe Blue Devils continue to score each and every game. They extend their streak of consecutive games scoring to 241 games.

   *   Hoover has been ranked by the ASWA for an amazing 205 consecutive polls dating back to the 2000 season. The Bucs defeated Spain Park 32-7.

   *   Cottage Hill Christian and Westminster Christian are 7-0 for the first time in their respective school's histories. Saraland has won their first six games for the first time in school history.

   *   Some of the best turnaround stories this season include Houston Academy who finished last year 0-10 and are off to a 6-1 start this year. Smiths Station also finished 0-10 last year and are off to a 5-3 start in 2018. Headland went 1-9 last year and are 6-0 this season. North Jackson finished 2-8 in 2017 but have turned that into a perfect 7-0 record this year. Lastly Edgewood Academy has gone from 1-9 last year to 6-2 in 2018.

   *   Josh Niblett, the head football coach at Hoover will be going for his 200th win next week against rival Vestavia Hills. His overall coaching record is a magnificent 199-50 over a 19 year career at Oneonta, Oxford and Hoover.

   *   Michael Robertson won his 150th game at Hokes Bluff over the past 23 seasons. His record stands at 150-104.

   *   North Jackson thumped Priceville 69-7 Friday. They have scored 452 points in seven games for an average of 64.6 points each week. The record for scoring in the regular season is over 90 years old set by the Tuscaloosa Black Bears in 1926 when they averaged 59.1 points over a nine game season. The most points scored in any regular season belongs to Demopolis in 2004 when they scored 577 in 10 games. Edgewood Academy scored 594 in 2014 in the AISA.

Team approaching the 500 win club
  498  -  Georgiana  (498-383-23)
  492  -  Haleyville  (492-394-23)

Coaches approaching the 100 win club
  98  -  Matt Griffith (Sylacauga)  (98-90)
  96  -  Don Jacobs (Scottsboro)  (96-46)
  94  -  Ben Blackmon (Spanish Fort)  (94-40)