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2024 Team Previews 

  



Freedom Academy Cowboys

Head Coach: Kyle Collins (nineteenth season)
Career Record: 18 seasons, (105-64)
At Freedom Academy: 18 seasons, (105-64)
Stadium:

 History 
Overall Record:   115-67   (63.0%)
Last 25 years:   115-67   (63.0%)  (Rank: 4 in the )
Since 2010:   74-56  (56.9%)  (Rank: 8 in the )
Last Playoff Appearance:   2022
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2023
Last Losing Season:   2020

 2023 
Class:  8 Man              Region:   0
Record:  4-4
Region Record:   2-1, ()
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  288 (36.0)
Defense:  247 (30.9)


 2024 
Class: 8 Man              Region:   0
Strength of Schedule: 0-0 (34%) (20th in the , 13th in Class 8 Man)
Region Strength:  0-0 (36%)
Non-Region Strength:  0-0 (31%)




 2023 Results 
 8/18  vs. Zion Christian Academy TN    62-24   W  
 8/25  @ Cornerstone Rainsville  (8 Man)   48-8   W  
 9/1  @ Ezekiel Academy  (8 Man)   34-38   L  
 9/8   OPEN 
 9/15  vs. Evangel Christian Alabaster  (8 Man)   20-50   L  
 9/22  @ Franklin Christian TN    999-999     
 9/29  vs. Franklin Classical TN   *  42-12   W  
 10/6  @ Lighthouse Home School  (8 Man)   26-69   L  
 10/13  vs. Sacred Heart of Jesus TN   *  42-0   W  
 10/20  @ Tennessee Heat TN   *  14-46   L  
 10/27   OPEN 


 2024 Schedule 
 8/10  vs. Providence Athletic SC   (-)       
 8/16  @ Zion Christian Academy TN   (-)  *      
 8/23  vs. South Haven Christian TN   (-)  *      
 8/30  vs. Ezekiel Academy  (8 Man)       
 9/6  @ Christian Community TN   (-)       
 9/13  @ Evangel Christian Alabaster  (8 Man)       
 9/20  @ CSTHEA TN   (-)  *      
 9/27   OPEN 
 10/4  vs. Lighthouse Home School  (8 Man)       
 10/11  @ TN Tigers TN   (-)       
 10/18  vs. Riverside Christian TN   (-)       
 10/25   OPEN 



Class  8 Man Region  0
Team 2023 Record Region Scoring                            
Cornerstone Rainsville (8 Man) 4-5 4-2284-357
East Central HomeSchool (8 Man) 4-5 1-2248-233
Evangel Christian Alabaster (8 Man) 12-1 4-0604-194
Ezekiel Academy (8 Man) 7-3 2-1481-402
Freedom Academy (8 Man) 4-4 2-1288-247
Jacksonville Christian (8 Man) 8-1 6-0424-181
Lighthouse Home School (8 Man) 10-2 3-1551-326
New Life Christian (8 Man) 0-0 0-00-0
Oaks (8 Man) 0-0 0-00-0
Southern Christian (8 Man) 1-6 0-4185-316
Success Unlimited (8 Man) 1-7 0-696-360
Tabernacle (8 Man) 3-5 2-3222-256
Trinity Christian Homeschool (8 Man) 0-7 0-0147-426
Tuscaloosa Christian (8 Man) 8-3 4-2482-368


 2024 Preview 


       Freedom Academy completed the 2023 season with a 4-4 record.

       The Cowboys hope to rebound after a down year. Last season they struggled winning just four games which followed a 12-2 record in 2022.

       Since 2010, Freedom Academy has gone a combined 74-56. Their 56.9% winning percentage ranks 5th in Class 8 Man over the past fourteen seasons.

       Over the past 19 seasons, Freedom Academy has managed to compile a record of 115-67. Their 63.0% winning percentage ranks 4th in Class 8 Man and 4th in the .

Head Coach:
       The Cowboys are led by head coach Kyle Collins who is entering his nineteenth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 105-64 over the past eighteen seasons at Freedom Academy. Under his direction the Cowboys have qualified for the playoffs a total of six times. They have not won a region crown with Coach Collins. Coach Collins led to a state championship in 2007. His 105 wins rank 4th among active coaches in the .

Season Outlook:

       The Freedom Academy Cowboys will play in Class 8 Man region during the 2024 season.

      

      



Season Opener:
       The Cowboys open the 2024 season at home against non-region opponent Greene County on Friday, August 30. Last year the Greene County Tigers finished with an overall record of 2-7 and in seventh place in Class 2A region five.

       This will be the first meeting between Freedom Academy and Greene County on the football field.

  


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