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.