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2023 Team Previews 

  


Sardis Lions

Head Coach: B.J. Brooks (first season)
Career Record: 0 seasons, (0-0)
At Sardis: First season
Stadium: Lions Stadium
2022 Enrollment:  437
Rank:  127th in the AHSAA, 38th in Class 5A

 History 
Overall Record:   345-454-22   (43.0%)
Last 25 years:   103-158   (40.0%)  (Rank: 283rd in the AHSAA, 40th in Class 5A)
Since 2010:   59-76  (43.7%)  (Rank: 234th in the AHSAA, 28th in Class 5A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2019
Last Region Championship:   2017
Last Winning Season:   2017
Last Losing Season:   2022

 2022 
Class:  5A              Region:   7
Record:  4-6
Region Record:   1-5, (sixth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  110 (11.0)
Defense:  271 (27.1)


 2023 
Class: 5A              Region:   7
Strength of Schedule: 51-57 (47%) (270th in the AHSAA, 37th in Class 5A)
Region Strength:  37-21 (64%)
Non-Region Strength:  14-36 (28%)



 2022 Results 
 8/19  vs. D.A.R.  (4A)   16-14   W  
 8/26  vs. New Hope  (4A)   6-14   L  
 9/2   OPEN 
 9/9  vs. Arab  (5A)  *  0-42   L  
 9/16  vs. Crossville  (5A)  *  36-14   W  
 9/23  @ Brewer  (5A)   12-7   W  
 9/30  @ Douglas  (5A)  *  8-49   L  
 10/7  @ Scottsboro  (5A)  *  0-25   L  
 10/14  vs. Boaz  (5A)  *  16-51   L  
 10/21  @ Guntersville  (5A)  *  0-41   L  
 10/28  vs. Hokes Bluff  (3A)   16-14   W  

 2023 Schedule 
 8/25  @ D.A.R.  (4A)       
 9/1  @ New Hope  (4A)       
 9/8   OPEN 
 9/15  @ Arab  (5A)  *      
 9/22  @ Columbia  (6A)       
 9/29  vs. Brewer  (5A)       
 10/6  vs. Douglas  (5A)  *      
 10/13  vs. Scottsboro  (5A)  *      
 10/20  @ Boaz  (5A)  *      
 10/27  vs. Guntersville  (5A)  *      
 11/3  @ Hokes Bluff  (3A)       


Class  5A Region  7
Team 2022 Record Region Scoring                            
Arab (5A) 11-2 6-0513-188
Scottsboro (5A) 7-5 5-1290-207
Guntersville (5A) 9-3 4-2451-164
Boaz (5A) 4-7 3-3274-362
Douglas (5A) 6-4 2-4304-215
Sardis (5A) 4-6 1-5110-271
Crossville (5A) 0-10 0-688-430

 2023 Preview 


       Sardis completed the 2022 season with a 4-6 record. Last year Sardis finished sixth in Class 5A region seven with a 1-5 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Sardis averaged scoring just 11.0 points a game.

       Since 2010, Sardis has gone a combined 59-76. Their 43.7% winning percentage ranks 28th in Class 5A over the past thirteen seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Sardis has managed to compile a record of 103-158. Their 40.0% winning percentage ranks 40th in Class 5A and 283rd in the AHSAA.




       The Lions will be under the direction of new head football coach B.J. Brooks as they enter the 2023 season.  Coach Brooks spent the past three years as an assistant coach at Hoover. The Sardis job is his first as a head football coach.

       The Lions have more athletes out for football this fall as Coach Brooks tries to set a new standard at Sardis.

       The Lions will need to win a few more games this fall if they hope to grab one of the four playoff slots in region seven this season.

       The Lions open the 2023 season on the road against non-region opponent D.A.R. on Friday, August 25 at Louisa St Clair Athletic Field. Last year the D.A.R. Patriots finished with an overall record of 1-9 and in eighth place in Class 4A region eight.

       Sardis and D.A.R. have met a total of 4 times on the football field. The Lions have a 3-1-0 record against the Patriots. They last met in 2022 with Sardis winning by a score of 16-14.

      

  


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