Three Football Coaches To Be Inducted Into Alabama High School Hall of Fame

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

Current T. R. Miller High School head football coach Jamie Riggs, former Randolph County head coach Ron Watters and current Alabama High School Athletic Association executive director and former head football coach Steve Savarese will be inducted as part of the 20th class of the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame Monday night in Montgomery.

Riggs, who in 20-years at T.R. Miller, has made it to the state semifinals 14 times, owns a career record of 247-64.

Watters, who is still active as an assistant at Handley High School, coached Randolph County for 22-years...amassing a 152-96 overall record.

Savarese owns a 281-98 record as a head football coach at several high schools, including winning state titles in Alabama and Kansas.

Check-out the rest of the 2010 class.

Match-ups Announced for Alabama Champions Challenge Football Classic

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

The Alabama High School Athletic Association has announced the six teams that will be involved in the fifth annual Champions Challenge Prep Football Classic that will kick-off the 2010 high school football season August 20th and 21st at the Gramton Bowl in Montgomery.

Opelika, which missed the 2009 post-season, will open the two-day tripleheader against Greenville on August 20th at 7 P.M. Greenville finished the regular season a perfect 10-0 before losing to eventual 5A champ Demopolis in the second round of the playoffs.

On Saturday (August 21st), 2009 4A runner-up Jackson will face Trinity. Jackson lost to Cherokee County 32-27 in the 2009 4A state title game to finish with a 13-2 record, while Trinity was 11- last season.

The tripleheader ends with a battle between 6A teams Auburn and Spain Park. Auburn lost in the state semis last season, while Spain Park lost in the quarters.

The regular season will kick-off the following weekend.

Briarwood Christian's Yancey Named Head Coach of Alabama All-Star Team

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle


Briarwood Christian's Fred Yancey will be the head coach of the Alabama team in this year's Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic on December 11th in Mobile.

Yancey, who's owns a lifetime record of 211-77-1 and three state championships, will also lead an all-star coaching staff that will include three coaches (Tripp Curry - Cherokee County; Tom Causey - Demopolis; David Lowery - Brantley) that won state titles last year. Other head coaches named as assistants for the 24th annual battle are: Alvin Briggs - Florence High; Chris Fancher - Gardendale and Al Pogue of Carver-Montgomery.

“I am thankful for the opportunity to be considered for this job,” said Yancey in a news release from the Classic's website. “I have coached in the game twice (as an assistant in 1999 and 2004) and I know what an exciting and memorable experience this is for the coaches and players. We have a tremendous staff that is representative of our entire state. I am looking forward to this. To be picked to coach in this game is a highlight of a season, and to be picked as head coach is a highlight of a career.”

Alabama holds a 16-7 edge in the series, winning two in a row, plus 10 of the last 12 games.

Hoover Adds Byrnes to 2010 Schedule

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

The date and time still needs to be set, but WSPA-TV in South Carolina is reporting that defending Alabama 6A champ Hoover will play South Carolina power Byrnes this season.

Hoover finished the season ranked #7 by USA Today, Byrnes finished 13-2 after losing to Dorman 28-17 in the 4-A state championship game.

Alabama - 2010 National Signing Day

Greg Allen (Carver-Birmingham) DE - Grambling State
Daniel Barstein (Mountain Brook) K - Dartmouth
Jacoby Browder (Prattville) DB - Furman
Desmond Brown (Cherokee County) DB - Clemson
Demont Buice (Gaston) RB - Clemson
Christian Cantrell (Piedmont) DB - Tennessee Tech
Leon Carlton (Hoover) DB - Navy
Reuben Carson (Hoover) RB - Navy
Cordary Clark (Central-Phenix City) ATH - Colorado
Darren Daniel (Central-Phenix City) QB Stanford
Calvin Davidson Jr. (Blount) WR - Nicholls State
Andrew Dolan (McGill TooleN) K - Nicholls State
Davis Dudchock (Oak Mountain) TE - Stanford
Josh Drum (Spain Park) TE - Penn
Quinterrious Eatmon (Vigor) OT - South Florida
Arsenio Favor (Stanhope Elmore) QB - Southern Miss
David Fowler (Daphne) OT - Southern Miss
Markeith Gaines (Theodore) DL - Central Arkansas
Sam Gibson (Prattville) ATH - LSU
William Golston (Murphy) WR - Jackson St.
Carlos Gray (Pinson Valley) DT - North Carolina
Tay Griffin (Auburn) CB - Southern Illinois
Branton Hall (Lincoln) DB - Arkansas
Dylan Heartsill ( Prattville Christian) OT - Wake Forest
Deon Hill (Central) ATH - Georgia Tech
Thomas Holloway (Oak Mountain) DB - Citadel
D.J. Howard (Lincoln) ATH - Clemson
Ryan Howard (Vestavia Hills) QB -Central Arkansas
Chase Hughes (Springville) OL - Mississippi
Judd Hunt (Oneonta) OT - Middle Tennessee
Taylon Hunter (Handley) LB - Southern Illinois
Barry James (Williamson) LB - Grambling State
David Jones (Spain Park) OL - Air Force
Jalen Jones (Muscle Shoals) LB - Eastern Kentucky
Corey Lee (Prattville) LB - Southern Illinois
Qushaun Lee (Prattville) LB - Southern Illinois
Carrington Lewis (Pelham) DE - Navy
Jamal Lewis (Butler) OG - Hampton
Earl Lucas (Prattville) WR - Arkansas State
Gaither Madison (Williamson) DB - Grambling State
Josh Magee (Hoover) WR - Southern Miss
Pat McNeil (Davidson) DL - Middle Tennessee
Josh Moats (Spain Park) DL - Air Force
Taylor Peterson (Auburn) OT - Southern Miss
Drew Phillips (Boaz) RB - BYU
Ryan Preston (Oxford) OL - Citadel
Jay Prosch (UMS Wright) LB - Illinois
Seth Reedy (Piedmont) OG - Southern Miss
Randall Reeves (McAdory) OL - Tennessee Tech
Frank Rivers (Fairfield) QB - Grambling State
Joe Robin (Vestavia Hills) DE - Princeton
Wilson Robinson (Spain Park) LB - Tennessee State
Wesley Samuels (Minor) WR - Tennessee State
Charles Sanderson (Clay-Chalkville) OL - Morgan State
Jorge Santamaria (Foley) K - Southeastern Louisiana
Riley Siniard (Huntsville) OL - Southern Illinois
Cedric Smith (Prattville) DB - Mississippi
David Smith (McAdory) LB - Grambling State
Jake Smith (Jacksonville) OT - Louisville
C.J. Stephens (Woodland) DT - Georgia State
Orlando Stringer (Carver-Birmingham) LB - Alcorn State
Deonte Swinton (Central-Phenix City) WR - Gardner-Webb
Nigel Terrell (Pelham) OLB - Florida State
Alexander Walters Jr. (Tuscaloosa County) DB - Southern Miss
Zeke Walters (Briarwood Christian) TE - Southern Miss
Jimmy Ward (Davidson) DB - Northern Illinois
Marcus Washington (Foley) RB - Nicholls State
Ryan Williams (Pelham) ATH - Navy
Anthony Wilson, (Homewood) DE - Southern Miss
Jamal Woodyard (Fairhope) ATH - Southern Miss
Sterling Young (Hoover) DB - Arkansas State

1965 Councill High Football Team Honored

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

The undefeated 1965 Councill High football team will be inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame in April.

According to The Huntsville Times, Councill, which was Huntsville's first public school for black students and was shutdown in 1967, finished 9-0 in 1965, winning the North Alabama High School Athletic championship.

12 individuals will be enshrined in the spring including Allen Wayne Paseur of New Hope High School, Tim Stowers of Grissom HS and John Walters and Patt Wynn of Huntsville High.

Highland Home HS Hopes Pinkston Can Turn Around Football Fortunes

by Jeff Fisher
Alabama High School Football Huddle

After only one win in the last two years, Highland Home High School is pinning its hopes on new head football coach Tom Pinkston.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports that Pinkston is looking forward to his first-ever head coaching job.