The 2017 season in in full swing. Here are a few tidbits
from this week's action.
* Maplesville has the state's longest winning
streak at 24 games following a 36-6 thumping of Resurrection Catholic of
Mississippi.
* Barbour County hoped to end a string of
thirty-three
consecutive losses this season. They did not get off to a good start and lost to
Randolph County by a score of 48-0. Second place Brilliant ended their streak of
twenty-seven straight losses with a 14-12 victory over Vina.
* Bullock County has lost 52 consecutive region games in a
row and will out to end that streak this week when they begin region play with a
games against Alabama Christian.
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The G.W. Long Rebels had their string of 34 straight regular season wins snapped
by a 34-0 loss to Dale County on Thursday night. New leader, Fyffe, has a 19
game regular season winning streak.
* Tanner has a streak of 53 consecutive region wins
with no signs of slowing down this year.
The Rattlers open region play in this week under head coach Maurice Belser
against West End.
* The
Hornets of state champion Beauregard entered the 2017 season with a string of 23 consecutive home
wins. The Hornets opened the season at home against
Greenville and saw their streak fall in a 34-31 loss. Bessemer Academy (29) and Monroe Academy
(28) lead the AISA
schools.
* Maplesville has won 22 consecutive
road games following their impressive victory this past weekend.
* Maplesville has scored twenty or
more points in 39 consecutive games.
* Fyffe hopes to avoid the dreaded
shutout and extend their streak of consecutive games scoring. They are currently
sitting on a string of 222 games without being shutout. The Red Devils defeated Geraldine
by a score of 33-0 to open the season.
* Opp saw their string of consecutive games scoring
halted at 91 in a surprising 54-0 loss to T.R. Miller. Tanner also had their streak
ended at 84 games in a 45-0 setback against Mae Jemison.
* Abbeville shutout Ashford 28-0 garnering their
first blanking of an opponent in 88 games. Good Hope shutout Vinemont by a score
of 41-0. It was the program's first shutout since the 2006 season.
* North Sand Mountain eased by #7 Cedar Bluff for their first
victory over a ranked team since the 1998 season. Northview squeaked by
Enterprise 23-22 producing their first win over a ranked team since the 2008
season.
* Hoover has been ranked by the ASWA for an amazing 187
consecutive polls dating back to the 2000 season. The Bucs are the #2 team in
Class 7A.
* Michael D. Jackson won his 100th game as a head football coach on
Friday as Red Bay thrashed Tharptown 53-7. Jimmy Perry, head football coach at
St. James, also picked up his 100th win on Friday night 30-6 against Montgomery
Academy.
Team approaching the 500 win club
499 - Linden (499-320-30)
499 - Reeltown (499-281-13)
498 - Valley (498-359-21)
498 - Baldwin County (498-428-30)
497 - Piedmont (497-400-30)
497 - Scottsboro (497-437-37)
496 - Fairhope (496-349-24)
495 - Tarrant (495-447-40)
490 - Fyffe (490-295-13)
Coaches approaching the 100 win club
99 - Rodney Stidham (Hamilton) (99-52)
98 - Smitty Grider (Park Crossing) (98-41)
98 - Jay Brown (Moody) (98-94)
98 - Jeff Pugh (East Limestone) (98-87)
97 - Josh Wright (Bessemer Academy) (97-23)
95 - Jim Elgin (Pleasant Grove) (95-58)
94 - Jonathan McWhorter (Cedar Bluff) (94-42)
93 - Clint Smith (Jacksonville) (93-68)
92 - Charlie Taylor (South Choctaw Academy) (92-71)
Points Scored by Both Teams in a Game
* Bullock County set a team record in a 58-34 victory over Central Hayneville breaking the previous record set in a loss to Eufaula 78-14 on 10/10/1980.
Teams with current school record winning streaks
* Maplesville has won a team record 24 consecutive games since 10/2/2015. * Fyffe has won a team record 16 consecutive games since 8/26/2016. Teams with current school record losing streaks
* Barbour County has lost a team record 33 consecutive games since 10/25/2013. * J.F. Shields has lost a team record 28 consecutive games since 9/5/2014. * Center Point has lost a team record 19 consecutive games since 9/18/2015. * Ellwood Christian has lost a team record 18 consecutive games since 9/17/2015. * White Plains has lost a team record 16 consecutive games since 10/2/2015. * Columbia has lost a team record 13 consecutive games since 10/23/2015. * Houston Academy has lost a team record 11 consecutive games since 8/26/2016. * Asbury has lost a team record 11 consecutive games since 8/25/2016. * Valley has lost a team record 10 consecutive games since 9/2/2016. * Northside Methodist Academy has lost a team record 5 consecutive games since 10/21/2016. Teams off to great starts in 2017
* Alabama Christian last started a season 2-0 in 2001. * Brewer last started a season 2-0 in 1999. * Cherokee last started a season 2-0 in 1998. * Decatur Heritage Christian has never started 1-0 in a season. * Jackson Academy last started a season 3-0 in 2003. * Mae Jemison has never started 2-0 in a season. * Snook Christian has never started 3-0 in a season. * Sulligent last started a season 2-0 in 1996. * Williamson last started a season 2-0 in 2003. Teams off to slow starts in 2017
* Bob Jones last started a season 0-2 in 1994. * Davidson last started a season 0-2 in 1997. * Hamilton last started a season 0-2 in 1998. * Southern Academy last started a season 0-2 in 1999. * Valley last started a season 0-2 in 2000.
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.