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Mars Hill Football Team History

Mars Hill Panthers

Mars Hill High School

698 Cox Creek Parkway Florence, AL 35630
Stadium: Mars Hill Stadium
Colors: Royal Blue & White
Coach: Darrell Higgins
Region: 1A-R8

2014 <-- 2017 <- 2018 -> 2019 --> 2024

2018 Season Highlights

Darrell Higgins enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Mars Hill.

First region championship.

First playoff win.

First 14 win season.

The Panthers move from Class 2A and into Region 8.

The Panthers won the Class 1A Region 8 Championship.

2018 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 24	OPEN
Fri., Aug. 31	vs. Sheffield	49	13	W
Fri., Sep. 7	vs. Hackleburg *	62	14	W
Fri., Sep. 14	@ Phillips Bear Creek *	64	0	W
Fri., Sep. 21	vs. Cherokee *	63	6	W
Fri., Sep. 28	@ Brooks	35	36	L
Fri., Oct. 5	@ Vina *	69	0	W
Fri., Oct. 12	vs. Central Florence	26	9	W
Fri., Oct. 19	@ Waterloo *	54	20	W
Fri., Oct. 26	vs. Shoals Christian *	55	8	W
Fri., Nov. 2	@ Lexington	47	0	W
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 9	vs. Marion County	55	0	W		1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 16	vs. Donoho	38	7	W		2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 23	@ South Lamar	41	27	W		3rd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 30	vs. Pickens County	20	12	W		Semi-finals Playoffs
Thu., Dec. 6	Linden	53	26	W	Auburn	Championship Game

2018 Season Totals
Record	14-1
Points Scored	731
Scoring Average	48.7
Points Allowed	178
Defense Average	11.9
Opponents Record	92-79
Region Record	6-0
Home Record	8-0
Away Record	5-1

2018 Class 1A Rankings
Date	Week	Rank	Record	Votes	Source
10/9/2018	7	10	(5-1)	18	ASWA
10/16/2018	8	10	(6-1)	36	ASWA
10/23/2018	9	10	(7-1)	42	ASWA
10/30/2018	10	10	(8-2)	40	ASWA
11/6/2018	Final	9	(9-1)	56	ASWA

2018 Class 1A Region 8 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			Region/Area Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Mars Hill	14-1	731	178	5-0	207	72	6-0	367	48	Darrell Higgins
Waterloo	9-3	406	235	1-1	28	31	5-1	246	134	Brad Palmer
Cherokee	4-7	275	385	0-1	0	57	4-2	217	185	Lymos McDonald
Phillips Bear Creek	4-7	267	308	0-1	6	41	3-3	179	156	Alex Lindley
Hackleburg	3-7	250	342				2-4	182	219	Rod Hudson
Shoals Christian	2-8	158	410				1-5	80	261	Nick Flanagan
Vina	0-10	37	427				0-6	26	294	Jason Harris

2018 Player Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
No Mars Hill Players on File.

2018 All State Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Brooks Thompson	OL	Sr.	6-2	260	2nd	ASWA
Colt Smith	LB	Sr.	6-0	205	1st	ASWA
Joseph Hanson	DB	Sr.	6-1	205	1st	ASWA
Peyton Higgins	ATH	So.	5-10	160	1st	ASWA

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