MONTGOMERY – Some of the state’s best known barbecue restaurants are squaring off in a Facebook contest to pick the state’s favorite as the field narrows to the Final Four. Jim ‘N Nick’s in Birmingham faces off against Tuscaloosa’s Dreamland to represent Central Alabama while Big Bob Gibson in Decatur is matched against LawLers in Athens to represent North Alabama.

Elsewhere, Sam’s BBQ in Montgomery is up against Lannie’s in Selma to represent the South region and L.A. BBQ in Summerdale faces off against The Shed in Mobile for the Gulf region. The four regional winners will be decided on Saturday afternoon.

The Huntingdon women’s tennis team took an early lead Saturday but lost to Birmingham-Southern 5-4.
 
Katie Scott and Micaela White won at No. 2 doubles and Taylor Clark and Arielle Barraca won at No. 3 doubles to give the Lady Hawks (5-1) an early 2-1 lead. But Birmingham-Southern (4-1) won four of the six singles matches.
 
Clark (No. 3) and Hannah Still (No. 4) picked up singles wins for Huntingdon.
 
Huntingdon hosts Schreiner on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
 
vs. Birmingham-Southern

Match results
Singles
No. 1: Moya Moore (BSC) def. Katie Scott (HC) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Reann Lamere (BSC) def. Britni Thibodeau (HC) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Taylor Clark (HC) def. Sara Cohen (BSC) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Hannah Still (HC) def. Emily Holst (BSC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5: Lindsey Farrell (BSC) def. Arielle Barraca (HC) 6-3, 6-1 
No. 6: Terria Punturo (BSC) def.

Montgomery, Ala.— More than 225 dishes at restaurants across the state are featured in a new photo book titled Alabama Food that goes on sale Dec. 3.

The colorful 128-page book was produced in cooperation with the Alabama Tourism Department and covers the food scene in the state by geographic region, starting in North Alabama and ending with the Gulf Coast. It’s based on the popular “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” brochure and emphasizes unique and original Alabama restaurants, the growth of the farm-to- table movement, and native Alabama foods.

A section profiles food products manufactured in the state. More than two dozen Alabama photographers contributed images for the book. Karim Shamsi-Basha’s photo of Hot and Hot Fish Club’s iconic Tomato Salad is on the book’s cover.