Jeff Davis hires new head football coach

by Jeff Fisher
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Jeff Davis High School is hoping that former G.W. Carver offensive coordinator Lee Carter can help the Volunteers back from last season's 0-10 record.

MontgomeryAdvertiser.com reports that Carter will bring his high-power offense to Jeff Davis.  Carter replaces Vincent Wiggins, who was 6-15 in two seasons as head coach.

The Volunteers own two state championships (1978 & 1996) and enter the 2013 overall record of 316-163-6, according to the Alabama High School Football Historical Society.

Helmet courtesy of Alabama High School Football Historical Society

2013 Champions Challenge Pairings Announced

The 2013 Champions Challenge will feature three games over two days at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. Read more at High School Football America

Alabama sets recruiting sights on dominating the state in 2014

The crop of elite talent in the state of Alabama may not be quite as large in the class of 2014 as it was in 2013 but the state is still expected to be the home of a handful of blue chip recruits, most of whom hold early scholarship offers from Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide.   Read more from al.com

2013 Alabama High Schools D-1 Letter of Intent Signees

Iriving Adams (Florence) - Arkansas St.
Arie Anderson (Stanhope Elmore) - Troy
Noah Armstrong (Lawrence County) - South Alabama
Bradley Bozeman (Handley) - Alabama
Brandon Bridgers (Robersdale) - Louisiana/Monroe
Roman Buchanan (Daleville) - Alabama
Jacob Chaffin (Spain Park) - South Alabama
Jordan Chunn (Madison County) - Troy
Jalan Coleman (Daphne) - UAB
Parker Cothren (Hazel Green) - Penn St.
James Cox (Northridge) - Southern Mississippi
Rod Crayton (Dadeville) - Southern Mississippi
Zach Cunningham (Pinson Valley) - Vanderbilt
Drew Davis (Bob Jones) - Western Kentucky
Taylor Driggers (Brantley) - Troy
Devon Earl (Hoover) - South Alabama
Cameron Echols-Luper (Auburn) - TCU
Xavier Fields (Stanhope Elmore) - Troy
Jonathan Ford (New Hope) - Auburn
Cameron Fraser (Phenix City-Central) - Louisville
Brandon Fuller (Clay-Chalkville) - AUB
J.J. Green (Florence) - UAB
Austin Golson (Prattville) - Mississippi
David Gross (Trinity Presbyterian) - Troy
B.J. Hammond (Gadsden City) - Mississippi St.
Dezmond Harris (McAdory) - Mississippi St.
Jalen Harris (Northview) - Troy
Jamaris Hart (Florence) - Arkansas St.
Jerry Harris (Hueytown) - Southern Mississippi
Grant Hill (Huntsville) - Alabama
Grant Horst (Spanish Fort) - Louisiana/Lafayette
Jordan Howard (Gardendale) - UAB
O.J. Howard (Autauga Academy) - Alabama
Je'Niah Jackson (Spain Park) - UAB
Jeremy Johnson (Carver) - Auburn
Nick Jackson (Wenonah) - UAB
Carl Lee, Jr. (McGill-Toolen) - Arkansas St.
Austin MacGinnis (Prattville) - Kentucky
Greg Maclin (Tanner) - UAB
Julius McCall (Chelsea) - Troy
T.J. McCollum (Clay-Chalkville) - UAB
Marquis McCullum (A.H. Parker) - Lousiana/Monroe
Logan McPherson (Fort Payne) - Lousiana Tech
Brett Medforth (Sylacuga) - Troy
Kamryn Melton (Dothan) - Auburn
Finesse Middleton (Gadsden City) - Louisville
Marion Moore (Vigor) - Northern Illinois
Nick Mullens (Spain Park) - Southern Mississippi
Andy Pappanastos (Trinity Presbyterian) - Mississippi
Dijon Paschal (Tallassee) - Arkansas St.
George Payne (St. Luke's Epsicopal) - Southern Mississippi
CJ Perry, Jr. (Bessemer Academy) - Southern Mississippi
Jordan Petty (Florence) - UAB
Clark Quisenberry (Enterprise) - Troy
Brandon Ray (Bob Jones) - Western Kentucky
Seth Roberts (Ariton) - Troy
Earnest Robinson (Pinson Valley) - Auburn
Kelvin Robinson (Vestavia Hills) - Western Kentucky
Shaun Rupert (Carver) - Missouri
Zach Sims (Homewood) - UAB
Bryan Slater (St. Paul's Episcopal) - Troy
Jason Smith (McGill-Toolen) - Auburn
Jevontey Smith (Greensboro) - Middle Tennessee
Ray Ray Smith (Florence) - Mississippi
Montavious Smoke (Stanhope Elmore) - Troy
Jalen Square (McGill-Toolen) - Southern Mississippi
DeVonta Staples (Valley) - South Alabama
Jamari Staples (Central) - UAB
Gerald Sterling (Aliceville) - Washington St.
ArDarius Stewart (Fultondale) - Alabama
Julian Thomas-Jackson (Dothan) - Wake Forest
Cameron Toney (Huntsville) - Auburn
Kylen Towner (St. Paul's Episcopal) - Western Kentucky
Jonathan Walton (Bayside Academy) - South Carolina
Marcus Ward (Vestavia Hills) - Western Kentucky
De'Runnya Wilson (Wenonah) - Mississippi
DeAndre Woods (Clay-Chalkville) - Vanderbilt
Xavier Woodson (Eufaula) - Arkansas St.

Alabama High School Football Scores - Championships

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, December 7, 2012

Championships

Class 6AHoover 31 Opelika 0

Class 4AUMS-Wright 42 Oneonta 14

Class 2ATanner 28 Washington County 14

Alabama High School Football Scores
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Class 5A
Spanish Fort 45 vs. McAdory 14

Class 3A
Madison Academy  31 Fayette County 7  

Class 1A
Brantley 33, Marion County  0      

Leroy Names New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

For the third time in the last three years, Leroy HIgh School has a new head football coach.

38-year old Jason Bates has been hired to take over the Leroy program that has won five state titles since 2001.

Bates takes over for Johnny Wright, who resigned earlier this month to take the heading coaching job at Dora.


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Champions Challenge Match-ups Announced

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

For the seventh straight season, the Alabama high school football season will kick-off with the  Champions Challenge.

This year's three-game event will be played August 24th and 25th at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and will feature six top teams, including one team that will be playing its first-ever game, but is no stranger to the upper echelon of Alabama high school football.

Central of Clay County, which was created by a merger of Lineville and Clay County, will be playing its first varsity game against Beauregard on August 25th.  Last year Lineville finished 10-4 and advanced to the Class 2A semifinals.  Clay County was 12-2 in 2011 with both losses coming to 3A state champ Handley, once in the regular season and then in the state semis.

The Champions Challenge will kickoff on August 24th with 2010 Class 5A champ Spanish Fort squaring-off with Muscle Shoals, which advanced to the third round of the 5A playoffs.  Spanish Fort was 9-4 last year, while Muscle Shoals was 11-2.

The third game of the weekend will pit McGill-Toolen against Northridge.  McGill-Toolen was 11-2 last year, while Northridge had its best season ever with a 11-2 mark.

The Champions Challenge games do not count against a school's win-loss record.

Prattville Names New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Prattville has found Jamey Dubose's replacement.

School officials have hired Chad Anderson to guide the defending 6A champs.  Anderson, who leaves Wetumpka for the Lions, takes over for Dubose, who won two state titles before leaving earlier this year to become the head coach at Florence.

Anderson amassed a record of 54-34 in nine years at the helm of Wetumpka.

On February 2nd I talked with Dubose on High School Football America after he resigned.

Click here to listen to the interview with Coach Dubose.

Jamey Dubose: Guest on High School Football America

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Days after taking the head coaching job at Florence, former Prattville head coach Jamey Dubose joined me on the High School Football America radio show.

Dubose talked about leaving the defending 6A state champs, plus looked ahead to taking over the reigns of the Florence program.

Click here to listen to the show.

Dubose Leaves Prattville HS for Florence HS

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Defending Class 6A state champ Prattville is looking for a new coach.

After four years at Prattville, Jamey Dubose has resigned to become the head coach at Florence High.  Dubose compiled a 45-10 record with two state championships, including a 35-34 victory over Hoover in December's 6A title game.

T.J. Yeldon Wins Mr. Football Award

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Daphne High School’s T.J. Yeldon is already enrolled at Alabama, but on Wednesday he had to skip class to pick-upthe state's top high school football award.

Yeldon has been named Alabama’s Mr. Football.

The running back graduated in December from Daphne High following a 2,200-yard, 31-touchdown season.

Yeldon said he arrived Wednesday confident that Hueytown quarterback Jameis Winston would win
Mr. Football.  Yeldon is the first running back to win it since Carnell Williams of Etowah in 2000.

Yeldon ran for 2,196 yards this season, including two 300-yard games. As a junior, he had 1,110 yards and 18 TDs to help Daphne win a state championship.

Prattville Wins 6A Title by Stopping Hoover 2-Point Conversion

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

Earlier this decade, Hoover made headlines for state championships and a television show on MTV.

Friday night, the Bucs made headlines for their decision to go for two, instead of a tie and possible overtime in the 6A championship game against Prattville.

Hoover head coach Josh Niblett rolled-the-dice and went for two with :47 to go in regulation after pulling within one-point of Prattville on a Connor Short touchdown run, which was his third in the game.  The Prattville defense then stepped-up and stopped Short's 2-point conversion pass to Jarrett Brown at the 3-yard line for the 35-34 win.

You can watch the end of the game in the al.com highlight package below.



The win gave Prattville its first title since 2008, and a 3-2 advantage in championship game match-ups against Hoover.

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, December 2, 2011

Playoffs
Championships

6A
Prattville 35 Hoover 34

4A
Jackson 42 Oneonta 28

2A
Elba 34 Tanner 14

Marion County Returns to the Top After Nearly Four Decades

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

Marion County won three straight Alabama Class 1A titles from 1971 through 1973, but it wasn't until Thursday that the Red Raiders finally returned to the state title game.

Behind game MVP Sean Wallace, Marion County rolled to a 23-12 victory over previously undefeated Linden to capture the school's fourth overall title.  Wallace accounted for 185 yards in total offense; running for two scores and throwing a touchdown pass.

As a team, Marion County rushed for 322 yards in the game, giving them a new single-season state record for rushing yards as a team.  The Red Raiders 6,881 yards topped the old mark held by Cordova of 6,734 yards set in 2008.

Four Red Raider players rushed for 1,000 yards this season.

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships

Alabama High School Football Scores
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Playoff
Championships

5A
Hartselle 13 Vigor 3

3A
Handley 20 Madison Academy 14

1A
Marion County 23 Linden 12

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/Semifinals

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, November 25, 2011

Playoffs
Semifinals

Class 1A
Linden 40, Sweet Water 7
Marion County 35, Ragland 14

Class 2A
Elba 49, American Christian 41
Tanner 24, Lineville 14

Class 3A
Handley 13, Clay County 6
Madison Academy 34, Rogers 7

Class 4A
Jackson 26, UMS-Wright 14
Oneonta 21, Anniston 14

Class 5A
Vigor 20, Hueytown 7
Hartselle 16, Briarwood Christian 14

Class 6A
Prattville 45, Central-Phenix City 12
Hoover 32, Oxford 22

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/Quarterfinals

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, November 18, 2011

Playoffs
Quarterfinals

6A
Central-Phenix City 41 McGill-Toolen 0
Prattville 38 Fairhope 0
Mountain Brook 14 Oxford 7
Hoover 21 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 14

5A
Vigor 12 Spanish Fort 3
Hueytown 39 St. Paul's 13
Hartselle 16 Center Point 7
Briarwood Christian 19 Muscle Shoals 0

4A
UMS-Wright 28 Dadeville 21
Jackson 49 Bibb County 28
Anniston 14 Fayette County 0
Oneota 48 Deshler 20

3A
Handley 20 Washington County 0
Clay County 17 Leeds 10
Madison Academy 35 Lauderdale County 14

2A
Elba 33 Flomaton 17
American Christian 28 Leroy 3
Tanner 38 Woodland 0
Lineville 38 Fultondale 26

1A
Sweet Water 38 Pickens County 36
Linden 21 Maplesville 7
Ragland 28 Collinsville 7
Marion County 42 Donoho 21

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/2nd Round

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, November 11, 2011

Playoffs
2nd Round

Class 1A
Pickens County 14, Brantley 12
Sweet Water 49, Winterboro 0
Maplesville 35, Geneva County 0
Linden 41, Pleasant Home 0
Ragland 51, Berry 20
Collinsville 24, Lynn 22
Donoho 28, Shoals Christian 20
Marion County 41, Cedar Bluff 21

Class 2A
Elba 59, Vincent 20
Flomaton 51, Goshen 7
American Christian 17, Barbour County 14
Leroy 33, Highland Home 7
Woodland 27, Fyffe 21
Tanner 37, Reeltown 16
Fultondale 27, Red Bay 15
Lineville 48, Oakman 14

Class 3A
Washington County 19, Walter Wellborn 14
Handley 21, T.R. Miller 19
Leeds 21, Gordo 6
Clay County 35, Bayside Academy 21
Piedmont 34, Sheffield 24
Rogers 14, Saks 13
Lauderdale County 21, Glencoe 20
Madison Academy 42, Elkmont 0

Class 4A
UMS-Wright 47, Elmore County 25
Dadeville 28, Thomasville 26
Bibb County 46, Lincoln 20
Jackson 44, Beauregard 14
Anniston 25, Dora 20
Fayette County 40, North Jackson 32
Deshler 59, Alexandria 19
Oneonta 35, West Limestone 0

Class 5A
Spanish Fort 31, Valley 16
Vigor 48, Greenville 17
Hueytown 51, Eufaula 14
Saint Paul’s 31, Charles Henderson 0
Hartselle 22, Pinson Valley 21
Center Point 26, Etowah 20
Muscle Shoals 35, Cullman 7
Briarwood Christian 24, Fort Payne 14

Class 6A
McGill-Toolen 31, Murphy 28
Central-Phenix City 41, Benjamin Russell 14
Prattville 13, Daphne 3
Fairhope 24, Blount 20
Mountain Brook 31, Huntsville 14
Oxford 55, Northridge 19
Hoover 26, Bob Jones 17
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 17, Vestavia Hills 14

Alabama HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/1st Round

Alabama High School Football Scores
Friday, November 4, 2011

Playoffs
1st Round

Class 1A
Pickens County 49, A.L. Johnson 8
Brantley 41, Loachapoka 0
Sweet Water 48, Keith 26
Winterboro 34, Kinston 20
Geneva County 24, Notasulga 8
Maplesville 47, McIntosh 0
Pleasant Home 15, Saint Jude 14
Linden 40, Autaugaville 6
Berry 54, Addison 39
Ragland 46, Gaylesville 8
Lynn 19, Hackleburg 18
Collinsville 21, Appalachian 14
Donoho 28, Gaston 6
Shoals Christian 55, Hubbertville 20
Cedar Bluff 47, Akron 0
Marion County 34, R.A. Hubbard 30

Class 2A
Vincent 29, Southern Choctaw 28
Elba 35, Houston Academy 6
Flomaton 53, Billingsley 16
Goshen 33, G.W. Long 28
Barbour County 22, Zion Chapel 10
American Christian 55, Mobile Christian 20
Highland Home 21, Providence Christian 17
Leroy 54, Isabella 22
Woodland 41, Colbert Heights 16
Fyffe 48, Sumiton Christian 6
Reeltown 34, Lexington 7
Tanner 31, Sand Rock 13
Fultondale 26, North Sand Mountain 21
Red Bay 28, LaFayette 26
Oakman 33, Ider 7
Lineville 50, Lamar County 23

Class 3A
Washington County 56, Aliceville 28
Walter Wellborn 42, Opp 13
T.R. Miller 55, Greensboro 12
Handley 28, Slocomb 0
Leeds 28, Abbeville 27
Gordo 14, Trinity Presbyterian 6
Clay County 27, Luverne 0
Bayside Academy 54, Montevallo 21
Sheffield 38, Cordova 14
Piedmont 38, Geraldine 7
Rogers 35, Hamilton 21
Saks 34, Sardis 14
Glencoe 13, Sylvania 7
Lauderdale County 42, Holly Pond 6
Madison Academy 27, Weaver 26
Elkmont 28, Hanceville 13

Class 4A
UMS-Wright 63, Greene County 16
Elmore County 21, Andalusia 15
Thomasville 55, West Blocton 6
Dadeville 34, Straughn 14
Lincoln 41, Saint James 21
Bibb County 36, Saraland 12
Beauregard 49, Headland 8
Jackson 35, Sumter Central 7
Dora 34, Brooks 14
Anniston 41, Cherokee County 0
Fayette County 42, Central-Florence 34
North Jackson 35, Cleburne County 28
Alexandria 55, Fairview 41
Deshler 33, Corner 10
Oneonta 42, Guntersville 7
West Limestone 26, Midfield 25

Class 5A
Spanish Fort 31, Fairfield 7
Valley 56, Brookwood 6
Vigor 6, McAdory 0
Greenville 57, Tallassee 25
Eufaula 49, Paul Bryant 22
Hueytown 36, LeFlore 0
Charles Henderson 21, Demopolis 14
Saint Paul’s 33, Woodlawn 14
Pinson Valley 42, East Limestone 28
Hartselle 52, Boaz 13
Center Point 30, Russellville 7
Etowah 45, Curry 22
Cullman 58, Albertville 21
Muscle Shoals 51, Chelsea 27
Fort Payne 17, Walker 12
Briarwood Christian 47, Athens 20

Class 6A
Murphy 21, Carver-Montgomery 14
McGill-Toolen 35, Dothan 14
Benjamin Russell 10, Davidson 3
Central-Phenix City 49, Foley 17
Daphne 49, Opelika 31
Prattville 56, Alma Bryant 14
Fairhope 43, Auburn 42
Blount 41, Jeff Davis 20
Huntsville 19, Minor 0
Mountain Brook 21, Gadsden City 0
Northridge 19, Hazel Green 12
Oxford 42, Spain Park 34
Hoover 40, Hewitt-Trussville 14
Bob Jones 26, Tuscaloosa County 0
Vestavia Hills 55, Austin 7
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 29, Decatur 9

#1 Clay-Chalkville Out of 6A Playoffs

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

Clay-Chalkville, unbeaten and #1 in Class 6A until a week ago, will not be able to participate in the 2011 Alabama high school football playoffs.

The Alabama Supreme Court has denied the Cougars appeal of an Alabama High School Athletic Association order that the team forfeit nine wins for using an ineligible player. A student-athlete who transferred to Clay-Chalkville High School was ruled ineligible by the AHSAA for a violation of an eligibility rule.

“This is a very positive decision by the Alabama Supreme Court,” said AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese, in a news release on the AHSAA website “It again affirms that the AHSAA has the right to interpret and enforce its own rules which are established by and for the benefit of our member schools.

With Clay-Chalkville removed from the 6A bracket, Gadsden City is now in, and will play Mountain Brook tonight; Vestavia Hills will now play in Austin.