Contenders, pretenders & 4 more things we learned from Alabama’s Week 2 of 2025 HS football

It’s not even Labor Day, y’all, and we’re already starting to separate the pretenders from the contenders.

Central-Phenix City rallied from a 28-10 deficit to earn a 38-35 victory over The First Academy (Fla.). As if there were any question, the comeback cemented the Red Devils as a true contender in Class 7A.