No. 2 Saraland knocks off the rust and risk-taking Wetumpka 49-24 in opening round

SARALAND — Saraland didn’t resemble a playoff team in the first few moments Friday night, much less a team that is aiming for its fourth straight Super 7.

Quarterback Jamison Roberts fell on a fumbled snap and lost six yards on the second play. He threw an incompletion on the third. Even the punt on the rare three-and-out was stained by a false start.

In the meantime, Wetumpka quarterback Charles Skipper was doing his best imitation of Diego Pavia while the Indians threw the kitchen sink, the garbage disposal and the pantry at the Spartans on the way to a 10-0 lead — putting Saraland behind for only the third time this season…

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