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Cedar Bluff Tigers

Head Coach: Jonathan McWhorter (thirteenth season)
Stadium: Bruce Field
Career Record: 12 seasons, (101-45)
At Cedar Bluff: 12 seasons, (101-45)
2018 Enrollment:  170
Rank:  311st in the AHSAA, 46th in Class 2A

 History 
Overall Record:   519-312-21   (62.0%)
Last 25 years:   193-95   (67.0%)  (Rank: 47th in the AHSAA, 8th in Class 2A)
Since 2010:   64-31  (67.0%)  (Rank: 63rd in the AHSAA, 8th in Class 2A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2017
Last Region Championship:   2017
Last Winning Season:   2017
Last Losing Season:   2013

 2017 
Class:  1A              Region:   6
Record:  7-4
Region Record:   5-0, (first)
Playoff Record:   Second round loss to South Lamar by a score of 21-14.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  327 (29.7)
Defense:  208 (18.9)


 2018 
Class: 2A              Region:   8
Strength of Schedule: 51-56 (48%) (236th in the AHSAA, 27th in Class 2A)
Region Strength:  43-34 (56%)
Non-Region Strength:  8-22 (27%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  @ North Sand Mountain  (3A)   13-20   L (OT) 
 9/8  @ Sylvania  (3A)   0-42   L  
 9/15  vs. Gaylesville  (1A)  *  47-8   W  
 9/22  vs. Woodville  (1A)  *  54-0   W  
 9/29  vs. Collinsville  (2A)   35-21   W  
 10/6  @ Valley Head  (1A)  *  13-8   W  
 10/13  @ Coosa Christian  (1A)  *  50-18   W  
 10/20   OPEN 
 10/27  @ Spring Garden  (1A)  *  34-7   W  
 11/2  vs. Sand Rock  (2A)   34-35   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/9  vs. Waterloo    33-28   W  
 11/17  vs. South Lamar    14-21   L  

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24   OPEN 
 8/30  vs. Spring Garden  (1A)       
 9/7  vs. Asbury  (2A)  *      
 9/14  @ Sand Rock  (2A)  *      
 9/21  vs. Section  (2A)  *      
 9/28  @ Gaylesville  (1A)       
 10/5  vs. North Sand Mountain  (2A)  *      
 10/12  @ Fyffe  (2A)  *      
 10/19  vs. Ider  (2A)  *      
 10/26  @ Collinsville  (2A)  *      
 11/2  @ Gaston  (2A)       
 11/9  @ Ohatchee        


Class  2A Region  8
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Asbury (2A) 0-1036-494
Cedar Bluff (1A) 7-4327-208
Collinsville (2A) 4-6269-259
Fyffe (2A) 12-1637-102
Ider (2A) 6-5298-227
North Sand Mountain (3A) 8-3295-238
Sand Rock (2A) 9-3363-254
Section (2A) 4-6218-248

 2018 Preview 


       Cedar Bluff completed the 2017 season with a 7-4 record. Last year Cedar Bluff captured the region six title and a number one seed in the Class 1A playoffs. They finished region play with a 5-0 record. Cedar Bluff reached the second round of the playoffs before falling to South Lamar by a score of 21-14.

       The Tigers had some tough luck last season as three of their four losses were by less than eight points.

       Since 2010, Cedar Bluff has gone a combined 64-31. Their 67.0% winning percentage ranks 8th in Class 2A over the past eight seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Cedar Bluff has gone a combined 193-95. Their 67.0% winning percentage ranks 8th in Class 2A and 47th in the AHSAA.




       The Tigers are led by head coach Jonathan McWhorter who is entering his thirteenth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 101-45 over the past twelve seasons at Cedar Bluff. Under his direction the Tigers have qualified for the playoffs a total of eleven times. They have won five region crowns with Coach McWhorter.

       Coach McWhorter's overall record as a head football coach in twelve season stands at 101-45 (69.2%). His 101 wins rank 61st among active coaches in the AHSAA.

       The Cedar Bluff Tigers will play in Class 2A region eight during the 2018 season. The Tigers move up in classification to Class 2A. They may find the going slightly tougher with the move.

       The Tigers will be in the mix for one of the last two playoff spots in region eight this season.

       The Tigers open the 2018 season at home against non-region opponent Spring Garden on Friday, August 31 at Bruce Field. Last year the Spring Garden Panthers finished with an overall record of 7-4 and in second place in Class 1A region six. The Panthers lost in the second round of the Class 1A playoffs to Pickens County by a score of 51-9.

       Cedar Bluff and Spring Garden have met a total of 50 times on the football field. The Tigers have a 43-7-0 record against the Panthers. They last met in 2017 with Cedar Bluff winning by a score of 34-7.

       Cedar Bluff returns 1A All-State  offensive lineman Ethan Teague. He was named to the second team last season.

  


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