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Gadsden City Titans

Head Coach: Bart Sessions (second season)
Stadium: Titan Stadium
Career Record: 5 seasons, (39-20)
At Gadsden City: one season, (3-7)
2018 Enrollment:  1,133
Rank:  25th in the AHSAA, 25th in Class 7A

 History 
Overall Record:   88-53   (62.0%)
Last 25 years:   88-53   (62.0%)  (Rank: 75th in the AHSAA, 10th in Class 7A)
Since 2010:   51-41  (55.0%)  (Rank: 157th in the AHSAA, 16th in Class 7A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2016
Last Region Championship:   2014
Last Winning Season:   2016
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  7A              Region:   4
Record:  3-7    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   3-4, (fifth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  226 (22.6)
Defense:  320 (32.0)


 2018 
Class: 7A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 76-41 (65%) (10th in the AHSAA, 4th in Class 7A)
Region Strength:  42-35 (54%)
Non-Region Strength:  34-6 (85%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25  @ Spain Park  (7A)   19-31   L  
 9/1  @ Oxford  (6A)   13-41   L  
 9/8  @ Hewitt-Trussville  (7A)  *  24-38   L  
 9/15  vs. James Clemens  (7A)  *  38-35   W  
 9/22  vs. Grissom  (7A)  *  19-0   W  
 9/29  @ Park Crossing  (6A)   21-65   L  
 10/5  @ Buckhorn  (7A)  *  41-0   W  
 10/13  vs. Bob Jones  (7A)  *  3-34   L  
 10/20  @ Sparkman  (7A)  *  13-38   L  
 10/27  vs. Huntsville  (7A)  *  35-38   L  
 11/3   OPEN 

 2018 Schedule 
 8/23  @ Etowah  (5A)       
 8/31  vs. Oxford  (6A)       
 9/7  vs. Sparkman  (7A)  *      
 9/14  vs. Austin  (7A)  *      
 9/21  @ Bob Jones  (7A)  *      
 9/28   OPEN 
 10/4  vs. James Clemens  (7A)  *      
 10/12  vs. Florence  (7A)  *      
 10/19  @ Huntsville  (7A)  *      
 10/25  @ Grissom  (7A)  *      
 11/1  @ Clay-Chalkville  (6A)       


Class  7A Region  4
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Austin (6A) 12-1591-202
Bob Jones (7A) 7-4310-251
Florence (6A) 4-7365-365
Gadsden City (7A) 3-7226-320
Grissom (7A) 3-7127-243
Huntsville (7A) 6-5243-261
James Clemens (7A) 3-7190-243
Sparkman (7A) 7-4287-219

 2018 Preview 


       Gadsden City finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 3-7 record. Last year Gadsden City just missed making the playoffs with a fifth place finish in Class 7A region four with a 3-4 region record.

       Gadsden City took a step backwards last year with their first losing season since 2013.

       Since 2010, Gadsden City has gone a combined 51-41. Their 55.0% winning percentage ranks 16th in Class 7A over the past eight seasons.

       Over the past 12 seasons, Gadsden City has managed to compile a record of 88-53. Their 62.0% winning percentage ranks 10th in Class 7A and 75th in the AHSAA.




       The Titans are led by head coach Bart Sessions who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 3-7 record in his first season at Gadsden City. The Titans have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Sessions.

       Coach Sessions' overall record as a head football coach in five season stands at 39-20 (66.1%). Over the course of his career, Coach Sessions' teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of three times and won two region championships.

       The Gadsden City Titans will play in Class 7A region four during the 2018 season. The Titans have one of the toughest schedules in Class 7A. Their opponents had a combined record of 76-41 last season. That ranks 4th in Class 7A and 10th in the AHSAA.

       It will be an uphill battle for the Titans if they hope to grab one of the four playoff slots in region four this season.

       The Titans open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent Etowah on Friday, August 24 at Jim Glover Field. Last year the Etowah Blue Devils finished with an overall record of 11-2 and in first place in Class 5A region seven. The Blue Devils lost in the quarter-finals round of the Class 5A playoffs to Briarwood by a score of 31-0.

       Gadsden City and Etowah have met a total of 8 times on the football field. The Titans have a 6-2-0 record against the Blue Devils. They last met in 2009 with Gadsden City winning by a score of 51-6.

  


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