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Prattville’s Lions Defend Home Turf Against Hazel Green in the 6A First Round

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November 2, 2026

Prattville flag football players in action during a Tuesday night game.

Photo by the Montgomery Advertiser via Prattville flag football (@phs_flagfootball) on Instagram.

Prattville has spent all season swinging at the biggest programs in Class 6A, and now the Lions get to defend their own field in the playoffs. Prattville hosts Hazel Green on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Stanley-Jensen Stadium in a Class 6A first round game.

The Lions won 12 of their 19 games, and the best of them came on Oct. 20, a 38-19 road win at Hewitt-Trussville. Prattville also shut out Thompson 32-0 on Sept. 15, beat Oak Mountain 20-13 on Oct. 6 and blanked Tuscaloosa County 26-0 on Oct. 13. The finish was less kind. Playing top level competition in the final week, the Lions lost 45-7 at Central-Phenix City on Oct. 27 and fell 13-6 to Auburn on Oct. 28, with both results listed on the team’s MaxPreps schedule. Earlier in the season, Prattville also dropped a 7-0 defensive battle with Hoover on Sept. 23, another sign of the level the Lions scheduled all fall.

Hazel Green makes the trip south from the Huntsville area with a record that is hard to pin down. The Trojans’ verified results, pulled from opponent schedules, are an 18-0 loss at James Clemens on Sept. 22 and an 18-12 overtime loss at Sparkman on Sept. 29. No complete Hazel Green schedule was published in the sources checked, so the Lions are preparing for a team with more questions than answers on paper.

Stanley-Jensen Stadium has hosted Prattville football for generations, and on Tuesday night it hosts a first round flag playoff game. Win, and the Lions earn a shot at one of the rested bye teams in the second round.

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James Clemens Gets the Hardest Draw in 6A: A Playoff Trip to Hewitt-Trussville

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November 2, 2026

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James Clemens players in action during the Jets' Oct. 20 win over Mae Jemison.

Photo by 100Shotz Media via James Clemens girls flag (@jchsgirlsflag) on Instagram.

Every bracket has a draw nobody wants, and in Class 6A it belongs to James Clemens. The Jets travel to Hewitt-Trussville on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. for a first round playoff game, a road trip confirmed on Hewitt-Trussville’s official athletics schedule.

James Clemens, from Madison, won six of its 14 games and closed the regular season the right way, with a 6-0 shutout win at Columbia on Oct. 27. The Jets’ wins include a 36-6 rout of Bob Jones, a 35-0 shutout of St. John Paul II, a 31-13 win over Mae Jemison on Oct. 20 and an 18-0 shutout of Hazel Green. The losses show the gap the Jets have to close. Gadsden City beat them 36-6 on Oct. 22, and Sparkman edged them 13-6 on Oct. 13.

Hewitt-Trussville is the standard on the other sideline. The Huskies are one of the powers of the 6A bracket, and the program’s flag account still points to the inaugural state title it won in 2021, before flag became an official AHSAA championship sport.

Three of the Jets’ six wins were shutouts, so the defense has traveled before. The game is also one of eight first round matchups in the Class 6A bracket, while eight other teams, including Spain Park and Smiths Station, sit out the week on byes and wait for the winners.

For James Clemens, the math is simple. The Jets have already shown they can pitch a shutout and score in bunches against their own level. Tuesday asks them to do it in the hardest building in the bracket.