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Valiant Cross Academy Warriors

Head Coach: Oscar Berry (second season)
Career Record: 1 season, (0-9)
At Valiant Cross Academy: one season, (0-9)
Stadium: Alabama State

 History 
Overall Record:   9-29   (24.0%)
Last 25 years:   9-29   (24.0%)  (Rank: 28 in the AISA)
Since 2010:   9-29  (23.7%)  (Rank: 28 in the AISA)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2022
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   Never
Last Losing Season:   2023

 2023 
Class:  AAA              Region:   1
Record:  0-9    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   0-7, (eighth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  86 (9.6)
Defense:  287 (31.9)    (Team record for points allowed in a season)


 2024 
Class: AAA              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 59-36 (62%) (2nd in the AISA, 1st in Class AAA)
Region Strength:  31-17 (65%)
Non-Region Strength:  28-19 (60%)



 2023 Results 
 8/18   OPEN 
 8/25  vs. Escambia Academy  (AA)   7-23   L  
 8/31  vs. Morgan Academy  (AAA)  *  21-30   L  
 9/8  @ Monroe Academy  (AAA)  *  14-19   L  
 9/15  vs. Autauga Academy  (AAA)  *  6-34   L  
 9/22   OPEN 
 9/29  @ Glenwood School  (AAA)  *  18-48   L  
 10/6  @ Fort Dale Academy  (AAA)  *  8-37   L  
 10/13  vs. Lee-Scott Academy  (AAA)  *  0-34   L  
 10/20  vs. Bessemer Academy  (AAA)  *  12-31   L  
 10/26  @ Banks Academy  (AA)   0-31   L  

 2024 Schedule 
 8/23   OPEN 
 8/29  @ Abbeville Christian  (AA)       
 9/6  vs. Chambers Academy  (AAA)  *      
 9/13  vs. Banks Academy  (AAA)  *      
 9/20  @ Edgewood Academy  (AAA)  *      
 9/27  @ Southern Academy  (AA)       
 10/4   OPEN 
 10/11  vs. Bessemer Academy  (AAA)  *      
 10/18   OPEN 
 10/25  vs. Lowndes Academy  (AA)       
 11/1  @ Crenshaw Christian  (AA)       


Class  AAA Region  1
Team 2023 Record Region Scoring                            
Banks Academy (AISA-AA) 11-2 4-0478-254
Chambers Academy (AISA-AA) 12-1 4-0557-123
Edgewood Academy (AISA-AA) 4-7 3-1136-245
Bessemer Academy (AISA-AAA) 4-7 3-4263-326
Valiant Cross Academy (AISA-AAA) 0-9 0-786-287

 2024 Preview 


       Valiant Cross Academy finished the 2023 season with a disappointing 0-9 record.

       The defense allowed a team record 287 points last season.

       The Warriors would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 4-16 record.

       Valiant Cross Academy is a relatively new football program having fielded a team only four seasons. They have managed a record of 9-29 over the past four years.

Head Coach:
       The Warriors are led by head coach Oscar Berry who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 0-9 record in his first season at Valiant Cross Academy. The Warriors have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Berry.

        Coach Berry's overall record as a head football coach in Alabama for one  stands at 0-9 (%).

Season Outlook:

       The Valiant Cross Academy Warriors will play in Class AAA region one during the 2024 season.

      

       The Warriors enter the 2024 season in the middle of a 10 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

      

    This season, the Warriors will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region one. After not winning a single game last year, the goal at Valiant Cross Academy will be to simply win some games.

Season Opener:
       The Warriors open the 2024 season on the road against non-region opponent Abbeville Christian on Friday, August 30 at Generals Stadium. Last year the Abbeville Christian Generals finished with an overall record of 1-9 and in fifth place in Class AA region one. The Generals closed out the regular season with a loss to Lakeside by a score of 47-0.

       This will be the second meeting between Valiant Cross Academy and Abbeville Christian on the football field. The Warriors have a 0-1-0 record against the Generals. They last met in with

  


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