(WHNT) — High school football kicks off across the Tennessee Valley, followed by a full slate of games Friday night, which means this is the last of our Football Friday Countdown series for 2025.

But before we wrap things up, let's visit with two teams who are squaring off Friday night: Scottsboro and Fort Payne.

Fort Payne High School

We'll start with the Fort Payne Wildcats, who went 10-3 a season ago and advanced to the third round of the 6A playoffs.

Coach Chris Elmore returns for year eight as the Wildcats are hoping to repeat the success from a season ago.

Elmore says the team focused on strength and speed this offseason and is hoping for a fast start.

"We want to come out of the gate hot, we want to play well early, but our main goal every year is to be playing the best footba

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