🌱 High School Football Scores + Legion FC's Lease Ends

Happy Saturday, Birmingham! Here's what's happening around Birmingham today. Before you focus on college football for the day, checkout the scores of last night's high school football games. Several Birmingham area teams won last night, meaning they are still alive in the hunt for a state championship. Staying on the sports subject, UAB has ended its lease agreement with Birmingham's pro soccer team, the Legion FC. The team had called UAB's soccer stadium home the last three seasons. Read more below!

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 63 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. First, check the scores from last night first round of the high school football playoffs. Several local teams are still in the hunt for a state title. (Birmingham Patch)
2. The Randall Woodfin administration advocated for an extension of the ICE partnership with Birmingham police, and this is not the most popular stance in the community. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Birmingham's professional soccer team, the Legion FC, has called UAB's soccer stadium its home for the last two seasons. But Friday, that lease was terminated. (Birmingham Patch)
4. Birmingham-area schools need parent input to prepare vaccinations for students 5 and older. (WVTM13)
5. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 13-year-old girl, Alora Bovard of Fairfield. (WBRC)

Today in Birmingham:

• Christmas Village Festival is the premier Christmas show in the Southeast related to art and craft industry, and its here at the BJCC this weekend. (Details)
• Cheer on UAB's football team at Protective Stadium today against rival Louisiana Tech. (11 a.m.)
• It's the Moss Rock Festival's Sweet 16 in 2021! The fall festival returns to the Hoover Metropolitan Complex to explore Nature, Smart Living, Art + Design. (Details)
• The UAB Men's Soccer team hosts vs Charlotte at PNC Field. (7 p.m.)
• See award-winning recording artist Alex G live at Saturn. (9 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Want to see some live music in Birmingham? Check the Patch Music Calendar. (Birmingham Patch)
• Your guide to some of the best food trucks in Birmingham (Bham Now)
• Make these amazing dishes with your Halloween pumpkins! (Instagram)
• 8-year-old Birmingham native Evan Riley is releasing a Christmas album—how to listen. (Bham Now)
• Samford University has a new leader, as Beck A. Taylor was inaugurated as the school's 19th president. (Birmingham Patch)

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