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2019 Season

THIS WEEK IN ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

AHSFHS.org Report
(Nov. 16, 2019)

Second Round of the Playoffs

The drive to the Super Seven Championships is underway. Here are a few tidbits and notes from this week's action.

   *   Previews of every playoff game will be available Sunday.

   *   UMS-Wright owns the state's longest winning streak at thirty games. The Bulldogs defeated Talladega 31-6 for a second round victory.

   *   The Volunteers of Monroe Academy saw their string of 46 consecutive home wins come to an end on Friday as the fell to Bessemer Academy 45-27. Fyffe leads the AHSAA schools with a 38 game home winning streak after knocking off Ranburne 38-7 in the second round.

   *   UMS-Wright holds onto the longest road winning streak having won 16 consecutive following their win over Talladega on the road. Chambers Academy leads the AISA schools with a streak of 25 straight road victories.

   *   Fyffe also has the longest current streak for scoring 20 or more points in a game. The Red Devils have put up at least 20 points in 58 consecutive games dating back to 2015.

   *   Fyffe continues to extend their streak of consecutive games scoring. They are currently sitting on a string of 261 games without being shutout.

   *   The Cinderella Park Crossing team continues to win after dropping Stanhope Elmore 35-32 in the second round. The Thunderbirds are 5-7 on the season following the victory. Their losses are to teams that are 57-22. Only Lee Montgomery did not make the playoffs and five of the other six teams reached the second round. The last team to reach the third round after going 3-7 in the regular season was Pisgah in 1997. No team with a 3-7 regular season every won a third round game. Carrolton in 1985 with a 3-6 mark lost in the smeifinals.

   *   Eleven teams remain undefeated in the AHSAA. Decatur Heritage Christian and Mars Hill have never been 12-0 in any season. Seven teams saw their hopes for a perfect season come to an end last Friday night.

   *   Hackleburg was shut out for the first time in 144 games as they fell to Spring Garden by a score of 34-0 on Friday.

   *   Monroe Academy had a chance at history if they could have defeated Bessemer Academy. The Volunteers are now tied with Russellville for the most consecutive ten win seasons at eleven. Monroe Academy finishes the season with a 9-3 record.

   *   Think about this. Every region champion in Class 1A advanced to the third round. Not a single upset of the #1 seeded teams. The only other time that happened, since the AHSAA went to region play in 2000, was back in 2009 when Class 1A pulled off the same feat.

   *   Three teams from Class 6A region 6 advance to the quarterfinals of the post season. Other regions accomplishing the same feat include 5A region 4, 3A region 1, 2A region 6. In Class 3A region 6 three teams are still alive in the playoffs. All three have 11-1 records (Piedmont, Randolph County and Walter Wellborn).

   *   Jacksonville, North Sand Mountain and Northside won second round playoff games for the first time in their school's history.

   *   Ariton, Center Point, Collinsville and Spring Garden have never won a quarterfinal playoff game in their school's history along with the first time winners listed above.

   *   Sweet Water is 12-5 in the third round of the playoffs. Pickens County is 8-3 along with Deshler at 15-7 and UMS-Wright at 14-8.

   *   Jason Howard the head football coach at Spring Garden recorded the 100th win in his coaching career as the Panthers defeated Hackleburg 34-0. Coach Howard began his career as a head coach at Spring Garden back in 2003 before spending two seasons (2010-11) at Ohatchee. After returning to coach the Panthers in 2012 his teams have qualified for the playoffs in each of the last six seasons. His overall record as a head football coach is 100-87 in 17 years.

Team approaching the 500 win club
  496 - Haleyville (496-403-23)
  495 - McAdory (495-395-25)
  491 - Fairfield (491-431-26)
  490 - Vigor (490-270-12)

Coaches approaching the 100 win club
  97 - Brian Seymore (Demopolis) (97-58)
  95 - Gene Hill (Sardis) (95-74)

Points Scored by Both Teams in a Game

* Hueytown set a team record in a 56-49 victory over Eufaula breaking the previous record set when they defeated Jackson-Olin 67-30 on 10/26/2007.

Teams with current school record winning streaks

* UMS-Wright has won a team record 30 consecutive games since 11/10/2017.
* Fyffe has won a team record 27 consecutive games since 8/31/2018.
* Mars Hill has won a team record 22 consecutive games since 10/5/2018.
* Bibb County has won a team record 12 consecutive games since 8/23/2019.
* Northside has won a team record 11 consecutive games since 8/30/2019.
* Spring Garden has won a team record 11 consecutive games since 9/6/2019.
* Madison County has won a team record 9 consecutive games since 9/12/2019.

Teams with current school record losing streaks

* Barbour County has lost a team record 60 consecutive games since 10/25/2013.
* Columbia has lost a team record 42 consecutive games since 10/23/2015.
* Cherokee has lost a team record 12 consecutive games since 11/2/2018.
* Success Unlimited has lost a team record 8 consecutive games since 9/12/2019.

Teams that set a record for most wins in a season

* Bibb County set a team record with a 12-0 record. That ties the previous mark of 12-1-0 in 2011.

* Catholic Montgomery set a team record with a 12-0 record. That tops the previous mark of 11-3-0 in 1989.

* Chickasaw set a team record with a 6-4 record. That tops the previous mark of 5-6-0 in 2018.

* Decatur Heritage Christian set a team record with a 12-0 record. That ties the previous mark of 12-2-0 in 2015.

* Helena set a team record with a 9-2 record. That ties the previous mark of 9-3-0 in 2015.

* North Sand Mountain set a team record with a 9-3 record. That ties the previous mark of 9-3-0 in 2013.

* Northside set a team record with a 11-1 record. That tops the previous mark of 9-2-0 in 2018.

* Paul Bryant set a team record with a 7-4 record. That tops the previous mark of 6-5-0 in 2017.

* Pike Road set a team record with a 11-1 record. That tops the previous mark of 6-5-0 in 2018.

* Priceville set a team record with a 8-4 record. That ties the previous mark of 8-3-0 in 2015.

* Spring Garden set a team record with a 11-1 record. That ties the previous mark of 11-2-0 in 2018.

* St. John Paul II set a team record with a 9-3 record. That tops the previous mark of 8-3-0 in 2018.

Teams that set a record for most points scored in a season

* Arab set a team record by scoring 406 points. That tops the previous mark of 333 points set in 2003.

* Ariton set a team record by scoring 456 points. That tops the previous mark of 443 points set in 2017.

* Clements set a team record by scoring 310 points. That tops the previous mark of 269 points set in 2008.

* Collinsville set a team record by scoring 503 points. That tops the previous mark of 437 points set in 2011.

* Fruitdale set a team record by scoring 357 points. That tops the previous mark of 308 points set in 1996.

* Geneva County set a team record by scoring 447 points. That tops the previous mark of 413 points set in 1992.

* Geraldine set a team record by scoring 438 points. That tops the previous mark of 418 points set in 2012.

* Helena set a team record by scoring 387 points. That tops the previous mark of 359 points set in 2015.

* Isabella set a team record by scoring 540 points. That tops the previous mark of 539 points set in 2016.

* J.U. Blacksher set a team record by scoring 421 points. That tops the previous mark of 393 points set in 2015.

* Jacksonville set a team record by scoring 493 points. That tops the previous mark of 397 points set in 2018.

* James Clemens set a team record by scoring 476 points. That tops the previous mark of 432 points set in 2018.

* Millry set a team record by scoring 538 points. That tops the previous mark of 445 points set in 2003.

* Northside set a team record by scoring 457 points. That tops the previous mark of 403 points set in 2018.

* Pike Road set a team record by scoring 515 points. That tops the previous mark of 313 points set in 2018.

* Pleasant Valley set a team record by scoring 300 points. That tops the previous mark of 282 points set in 2018.

* Southeastern set a team record by scoring 319 points. That tops the previous mark of 240 points set in 2016.

* St. John Paul II set a team record by scoring 500 points. That tops the previous mark of 401 points set in 2018.

* Walter Wellborn set a team record by scoring 527 points. That tops the previous mark of 508 points set in 1977.

* Waterloo set a team record by scoring 411 points. That tops the previous mark of 406 points set in 2018.

* Woodville set a team record by scoring 271 points. That tops the previous mark of 271 points set in 2018.

Teams off to great starts in 2019
* Catholic Montgomery has never started 12-0 in a season.
* Decatur Heritage Christian has never started 12-0 in a season.
* Isabella last started a season 12-0 in 2002.
* Mars Hill has never started 12-0 in a season.

Teams off to good starts in 2019
* Northside has never started 11-1 in a season.
* Pike Road has never started 11-1 in a season.
* Walter Wellborn last started a season 11-1 in 1995.

Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Bart Starr received coaching from Kentucky great Babe Parilli his senior season at Sidney Lanier in hopes of joining Bear Bryant at Kentucky. He had to settle for Alabama.