It’s hard to say the first game of the region schedule is possibly the most important, but the way things are stacking up in Class 6A Region 3, it’s very likely Benjamin Russell’s first region football game against Stanhope Elmore could be especially important.
It might be more important for the team that ends up on the losing side though.
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