Still looking for their first win of the season, the Gulf Shores Dolphins will get another shot during a game this Friday that was not originally on the schedule.

After losing a close one 24-16 to Vigor on Friday, the Dolphins were planning to take a week off to rest and heal before hitting the road to play Citronelle on Oct. 1.

At the last minute, however, the Dolphins were able to secure a game with Saraland High School to fill the open date.

“It was last minute,” said Gulf Shores principal Dr. Ernie Rosado. “We didn’t get it nailed down until last Thursday and I am not sure if Coach (Mark) Freeman contacted them or if they contacted us, but it was a good opportunity that we thought would be good for us.”

Although the Dolphins will take the field with an 0-4 start on the season, they could be considered a slight favorite over the Class 4A Spartans. Saraland is 1-3 on the season, with losses to Mobile Christian (27-0), Jackson High School (63-15) and Thomasville (56-0). Although they gave up 27 points against Monroe County High School, the Spartans were able to pull off the win, 31-27.

Friday’s game will be played at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium located at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex.

Another change in the Dolphin gridiron schedule is the rescheduling of the Oct. 15 game against St. Paul’s.

According to Rosado, the announcement of the beach concert featuring Bon Jovi was going to cause issues, especially with emergency management, and he felt by moving the game to Thursday night, it would better benefit the city.

“We moved the game mainly to help the City of Gulf Shores with manpower issues,” Rosado said. “We required some police officers and firemen at our games and with both events going on, it was going to spread them thin. They are going to need all of their security people, police officers and firemen at the beach on Friday, so by moving our game to Thursday, we can still have the personnel we need, and then they will be available on Friday.”

In addition, Gulf Shores will also be playing a regularly scheduled game on  Oct. 7 when they host Piedmont.