Bucs finish out regular season in October

Hoover wants to continue a trend of finishing the regular season on a high note.

The Hoover High School football team has lost just once in the month of October since 2011. The Bucs fell to Vestavia Hills last fall, snapping a seven-game winning streak over the Rebels.

Fortunately, the Bucs already have gotten their revenge, as they defeated Vestavia Hills in the second round of the state playoffs, 24-0, to end the Rebels’ season.

Before that game, Hoover begins the homestretch of the regular season with a matchup against new Region 3 foe Huffman Oct. 7 at the Hoover Met. The Bucs and Vikings have never been in the same region before, but Hoover is 14-1-1 all-time against Huffman. Four of the last six meetings between the two teams have been playoff games.

The Bucs stay home the next week to face Vestavia Hills Oct. 14. The two programs have played every season since 1972, with Hoover holding a 31-20 edge in the series. The Rebels will likely be fighting for a playoff berth, so the game will be tightly contested.

Hoover concludes Region 3 play Oct. 21 at Thompson. The Warriors will be looking to do something never before accomplished in school history. The Bucs have defeated Thompson all 19 times the two schools have played against each other.

The Bucs will conclude the regular season by hosting Grayson High School from Loganville, Georgia. Grayson will mark the second team Hoover plays from outside the state of Alabama in 2016, after traveling to Allen, Texas, and falling to Allen High School on Aug. 26.

If all goes as expected, the Bucs should find themselves back in the postseason and aiming for another deep playoff run.