Typically a coach - and fan base too - has to wait until midseason to learn about a team’s character. But Tallassee fans got a Week 0 lesson Friday night as the Tigers battled back from a three-touchdown deficit in a 22-16 loss to Montgomery Academy.

“I learned that we have some fight,” first-year Tallassee High Coach L.A. O’Neal said. “We went down 22-0 and came back and fought with an opportunity to win the game on the goaline. We had a good opportunity to win the game on the goalline, but couldn’t get the ball to the guy we needed to get the ball to. But we’ll learn.”