Gardendale upsets unbeaten Hartselle 35-28 to advance to round 2

Hartselle, AL – The Gardendale Rockets improved to 9-2 while handing the previously undefeated and 2nd ranked Hartselle Tigers their first loss of the season Friday night at J.P. Cain Stadium.  The Rockets will travel over the mountain to Homewood next Friday night to face the 6-5 Patriots in the second round of the AHSAA 6A postseason.