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West Blocton Tigers

Head Coach: Chris Wilson (first season)
Career Record: 8 seasons, (65-35)
At West Blocton: First season
Stadium: Tiger Field
2024 Enrollment:  305
Rank:  194th in the AHSAA, 48th in Class 4A

 History 
Overall Record:   474-452-38   (51.0%)
Last 25 years:   120-146   (45.0%)  (Rank: 235th in the AHSAA, 45th in Class 4A)
Since 2010:   76-77  (49.7%)  (Rank: 195th in the AHSAA, 35th in Class 4A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2023
Last Region Championship:   2014
Last Winning Season:   2023
Last Losing Season:   2019

 2023 
Class:  4A              Region:   3
Record:  6-5
Region Record:   4-3, (fourth)
Playoff Record:   First round loss to Catholic Montgomery by a score of 48-7.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  308 (28.0)
Defense:  271 (24.6)


 2024 
Class: 4A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 56-53 (51%) (155th in the AHSAA, 25th in Class 4A)
Region Strength:  42-35 (54%)
Non-Region Strength:  14-18 (44%)



 2023 Results 
 8/25  vs. Shelby County  (5A)   25-13   W  
 9/1  @ Brookwood  (6A)   34-12   W  
 9/8  @ Bibb County  (4A)  *  13-34   L  
 9/15  vs. Sipsey Valley  (4A)  *  27-28   L  
 9/22  @ Montevallo  (4A)  *  10-7   W  
 9/29  vs. Holtville  (5A)   27-32   L  
 10/6  vs. Holt  (4A)  *  55-0   W  
 10/13  @ American Christian  (4A)  *  31-44   L  
 10/20  vs. Hale County  (4A)  *  44-37   W  
 10/27  @ Dallas County  (4A)  *  35-16   W  
 11/3   OPEN 
 Playoffs 
 11/10  @ Catholic Montgomery    7-48   L  

 2024 Schedule 
 8/23  @ Northside  (5A)       
 8/30  vs. Brookwood  (6A)       
 9/6  @ American Christian  (4A)  *      
 9/13  vs. Holt  (4A)  *      
 9/20  @ Oak Grove  (4A)  *      
 9/27   OPEN 
 10/4  vs. Bibb County  (4A)  *      
 10/11  vs. Fairfield  (4A)  *      
 10/18  @ Pleasant Grove  (4A)  *      
 10/25  vs. Tarrant  (4A)  *      
 11/1  @ John Carroll  (5A)       


Class  4A Region  4
Team 2023 Record Region Scoring                            
Bibb County (4A) 10-2 7-0438-173
American Christian (4A) 8-3 6-1390-215
Pleasant Grove (5A) 10-2 6-1483-185
Fairfield (5A) 4-7 4-3292-415
Oak Grove (4A) 6-5 4-3312-271
West Blocton (4A) 6-5 4-3308-271
Holt (4A) 1-9 1-656-440
Tarrant (3A) 3-7 1-5246-370

 2024 Preview 


       West Blocton completed the 2023 season with a 6-5 record. With their 4-3 region record and a fourth place finish in Class 4A region three, the Tigers earned a spot in the playoffs in 2023. West Blocton's season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Catholic Montgomery by a score of 48-7.

       Since 2010, West Blocton has gone a combined 76-77. Their 49.7% winning percentage ranks 35th in Class 4A over the past fourteen seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, West Blocton has managed to compile a record of 120-146. Their 45.0% winning percentage ranks 45th in Class 4A and 235th in the AHSAA.

Coaching Change:
     DreMail King  resigned in March after leading the Tigers to back-to-back 6-5 records the past two seasons.

2024 Head Coach:
    Chris Wilson  comes to West Blocton with eight years of experience as a head football coach at three different schools. Wilson began his coaching career at Washington County (2010-14), then Straughn (2015-16) before spending one season at Mary Montgomery (2017). His overall record stands at 65-35 over the course of his career. This past season he served as an assistant coach at Hoover. Over the course of his career, Coach Wilson's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of seven times and won two region championships.

Season Outlook:

       The West Blocton Tigers will play in Class 4A region four during the 2024 season. Following realignment, the Tigers remain in 4A but move from region three over to region four.

       West Blocton will face six opponents that reached the playoffs last season.

       With the AHSAA realignment region 4 has six teams that qualified for the playoffs last year. Not all of those teams will make the post season this year.

       While the Tigers from West Blocton have qualified for the playoffs in each of the past ten football seasons they have not come away with a single playoff victory since 2014. They have also finished 6-5 the past four years. They have won between four and six games each of the past nine years.

       Incoming head coach Chris Wilson will be out to break that playoff losing streak in 2024.

    The Tigers have a good shot at one of the last two playoff slots in region four this season. They have qualified for the playoffs every year since 2013 and are hopeful to continue that streak in 2024.

      MLB Robert Levi Carey collected 81 tackles (38 solo) and will be back for his junior season.

Returning Starters:
RB/MLB Cooper Deerman, G/DT Jamarkus ONeil

Season Opener:
       The Tigers open the 2024 season on the road against non-region opponent Northside on Friday, August 23 at Northside Stadium. Last year the Northside Rams finished with an overall record of 4-6 and in fifth place in Class 4A region five. The Rams closed out the regular season with a loss to Sipsey Valley by a score of 49-14.

       West Blocton and Northside have met a total of 39 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 23-15-1 record against the Rams. They last met in 2019 with Northside winning by a score of 50-24.

  


Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.