Wildcats welcoming underdog role in first round

Daniel Evans / The Lagrange Daily News Edgewood’s Alex Johnson (2) looks for room to run during Friday night’s game at Springwood.

It has been 14 years since Edgewood lost in the first round of the postseason but that 10-game winning streak is going to be put to its toughest test during that span this week as the Wildcats will hit the road for their opening playoff game for the first time since 2006.

Once Edgewood gets off the bus after the three-hour drive to Butler, the No. 5 team in AISA will be waiting as Patrician hopes to make quick work of its opponent and continue one of the state’s most surprising seasons. However, the Wildcats are hoping to pull off a little surprise of their own.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.