Staff Reports

VERBENA – The Gaylesville Trojans took a 2-hour, 20-minute trek to Verbena on Friday night to close out their 2026 season. They came away with a 40-28 victory to finish the year at 5-4, their first winning record to end a season since going 6-5 in 2021.

Verbena took a 6-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Gaylesville managed to go out in front 24-14 at halftime.

The Trojans held a 32-14 advantage with just under six minutes remaining in the game before having to hold off a late Red Devil surge.

Verbena cut Gaylesville’s lead to 32-28 with 15 seconds remaining in the third quarter, but the Trojans scored an insurance touchdown with 9:20 to go in the fourth for the final.

Verbena (6-4) travels to Leroy in the first round of the state playoffs next Friday.

No further information from the game was available as of this posting.