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Blount Leopards |
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Head Coach: Lev Holly (second season) Stadium: Leopards Stadium Career Record: 3 seasons, (15-17) At Blount: One season, (10-2) 2014 Enrollment: 722 Rank: 68th in the AHSAA, 36th in Class 6A |
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Overall Record: 328-267-8 (55.0%) Last 25 years: 183-104 (64.0%) (Rank: 61st in the AHSAA, 15th in Class 6A) Since 2010: 47-21 (69.0%) (Rank: 59th in the AHSAA, 13th in Class 6A) Last Region Championship: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 6A
Region: 1
Record: 10-2 Region Record: 7-1, (second) Playoff Record: Second round loss to Bessemer City by a score of 10-7. Final ASWA Poll: 5th Scoring: 511 (42.6) (Team record for points scored in a season) Defense: 195 (16.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 6A
Region: 1
Strength of Schedule: 62-49 (56%) (78th in the AHSAA, 18th in Class 6A) Region Strength: 42-44 (49%) Non-Region Strength: 20-5 (80%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With their 7-1 region record and a second place finish in Class 6A region 1, the Leopards earned a spot in the playoffs in 2015. Blount reached the second round of the playoffs before falling to Bessemer City by a score of 10-7. The 511 points scored by the Leopards last year were a team record in a single season. Averaging over ten wins a season since 2010, Blount has gone a combined 47-21. Their 69.0% winning percentage ranks 13th in Class 6A over the past six seasons. Over the past 25 seasons, Blount has managed to compile a record of 183-104. Their 64.0% winning percentage ranks 15th in Class 6A and 61st in the AHSAA. The Leopards are led by head coach Lev Holly who is entering his first season at the helm. His team finished with a 10-2 record in his first season at Blount. Under his direction the Leopards have qualified for the playoffs once. They have not won a region crown with Coach Holly. Coach Holly's overall record as a head football coach in three seasons stands at 15-17 (46.9%). Over the course of his career, Coach Holly's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of one time . Blount enters the 2016 season with a string of 6 consecutive wins on their home field at Leopards Stadium. The Blount Leopards will play in Class 6A region 1 during the 2016 season. The Leopards should be considered one of the favorites for the Region 1 championship this season and a home game in the first round of the playoffs. The Leopards open the 2016 season on the road against non-region opponent Vigor on Friday, August 19 at Prichard Stadium. Last year the Vigor Wolves finished with an overall record of 7-4 and in third place in Class 5A region 1. The Wolves lost in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs to Demopolis by a score of 28-17. Blount and Vigor have met a total of 53 times on the football field. The Leopards have a 14-39-0 record against the Wolves. They last met in 2023 with Vigor winning by a score of 26-6. Blount returns 6A All-State Senior quarterback Kadarius Toney. He was named to the second team last season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Murphy and Theodore battled through seven overtimes before the Panthers came out on top 33-26 in 1979.
Murphy and Theodore battled through seven overtimes before the Panthers came out on top 33-26 in 1979.