2017 Team Previews
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Tuscaloosa Christian Warriors |
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Head Coach: David Arsenault (sixth season) Stadium: Career Record: 5 seasons, (33-21) At Tuscaloosa Christian: 5 seasons, (33-21) |
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Overall Record: 205-195 (51.0%) Last 25 years: 167-94 (64.0%) (Rank: 3 in the ) Since 2010: 52-31 (63.0%) (Rank: 5 in the ) Last Playoff Appearance: 2016 Last Region Championship: 1983 Last Winning Season: 2016 Last Losing Season: 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 8 Man
Region: 2
Record: 0-9 (Team record for losses in a season) Region Record: 0-6, () Playoff Record: Did not qualify. Final ASWA Poll: Not Ranked Scoring: 150 (16.7) Defense: 483 (53.7) (Team record for points allowed in a season) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class: 8 Man
Region: 2
Strength of Schedule: 30-15 (67%) (2nd in the , 2nd in Class 8 Man) Region Strength: 17-9 (65%) Non-Region Strength: 13-6 (68%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuscaloosa Christian finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 0-9 record. Tuscaloosa Christian took a step backwards last year with their first losing season since 2011. The Warriors lost as many games as in any season since 1989. The defense allowed a team record 483 points last season. The Warriors hope to rebound after a down year. Last season they did not win a game which followed a 8-2 record in 2016. Since 2010, Tuscaloosa Christian has gone a combined 52-31. Their 63.0% winning percentage ranks 3rd in Class 8 Man over the past eight seasons. Over the past 25 seasons, Tuscaloosa Christian has managed to compile a record of 167-94. Their 64.0% winning percentage ranks 2nd in Class 8 Man and 3rd in the . The Warriors are led by head coach David Arsenault who is entering his sixth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 33-21 over the past five seasons at Tuscaloosa Christian. Under his direction the Warriors have qualified for the playoffs a total of four times. They have not won a region crown with Coach Arsenault. Coach Arsenault has won two state championships at Tuscaloosa Christian, the last coming in 2015. Coach Arsenault's overall record as a head football coach in five season stands at 33-21 (61.1%). The Tuscaloosa Christian Warriors will play in Class 8 Man region two during the 2018 season. The Warriors enter the 2018 season in the middle of a 9 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season. The Warriors open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent Lighthouse Home School on Friday, August 24. Last year the Lighthouse Home School Warriors finished with an overall record of 5-3 and in place in Class 8 Man region one. Tuscaloosa Christian and Lighthouse Home School have met a total of 5 times on the football field. The Warriors have a 2-3-0 record against the Warriors. They last met in 2017 with Lighthouse Home School winning by a score of 50-28. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.