🌱 High School Football Playoffs + Freeze Watch

Happy Saturday, people of Birmingham! Here's everything you need to know going on in town today. If you woke up a little chilly this morning, that's because temperatures in many parts of the state got below freezing last night, and will not get much higher than the mid-50s this weekend. The National Weather Service issued a freeze watch for most of the state. Also in the news, Round 2 of the high school football playoffs kicked off last night, and several local teams advanced. See the scores below!

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 53 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. Catch up on all of the scores from Birmingham-area schools in Round 2 of the high school football playoffs. (Birmingham Patch)
2. The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a freeze watch, which is in effect as far south as Jackson, Camden, Troy and Eufaula. (Birmingham Patch)
3. There's a new bar coming to Birmingham at the former Berthon’s Cleaners building on 7th Avenue South. (AL.com)
4. Milo's Hamburgers launched a sauce campaign supporting a Birmingham children's literacy nonprofit organization. (Yellowhammer News)
5. This is a really cool story. A Hayden High School sophomore won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play alongside the classic rock band, Foreigner, at the BJCC. (Bham Now)

Today in Birmingham:

• Miss UAB Scholarship Competition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Details)
• See seven local bands play at the first day of Brewzapalooza at Back 40 Brewing Co. (2 p.m.)
• These are so much fun. Catch America's Largest Interactive Mystery Dinner Show at the Doubletree Hotel. (6 p.m.)
• The Vicious Hillbilly By Dawn Larsen With Special Guest Janet Simpson at the DJD Theatre. (7:30 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Check out the Patch Music Calendar for Nov. 12-18 (Birmingham Patch)
• How to decorate your home for fall with tips from two local Interior Designers (Bham Now)
• Birmingham Police Department congratulates Officer Reginald Scott (Crime Scene Unit) on this special day. Reginald Scott is retiring after 26 years of service with the Birmingham Police Department. (Facebook)
• Greater Birmingham Humane Society wants you to meet Riley, the eight-month-old pup who can't wait to hear all your best stories! This rambunctious little dude loves to play and would love a home that can help him learn how to be the best dog ever! (Facebook)
• Mayor Woodfin announced co-chairs for the transition team that will help frame his second term as mayor. (Instagram)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

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