HOMEWOOD – Kaleb Carson is not the flashiest or most imposing player around, but seemingly every game, he piles up a bundle of yards and leads Homewood High School to yet another victory.

That was the case Friday night, as Homewood earned a hard-fought 31-24 win over visiting Hartselle in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs.

“That’s the story of the night, yes,” Homewood head coach Ben Berguson said of his quarterback following the game.

Carson’s stat line was impressive, as he completed 18-of-26 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown. He also ran it 24 times for 127 yards and three more scores.

“Coach tells me every week to go be a player,” Carson said.

Perhaps most impressive out of all that was his ability to bleed the entirety of the clock after Hartselle scored with just unde

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