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Park Crossing Football Team History

Park Crossing Thunderbirds

Park Crossing High School

8000 Park Crossing Blvd. Montgomery, AL 36117
Stadium: Cramton Bowl
Colors: Navy, Scarlet, White
Coach: Smitty Grider
Region: 6A-R2

2014 <-- 2015 <- 2016 -> 2017 --> 2024

2016 Season Highlights

Smitty Grider enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Park Crossing.

First playoff win.

First 13 win season.

The Thunderbirds won the Class 6A Region 2 Championship.

TheThunderbirds set a team record by scoring 560 points.

The Thunderbirds set a team record by winning 13 games.

The Thunderbirds set a team record for margin of victory at 59 points.

The Thunderbirds set a team record for most points scored by both teams with 105 points.

2016 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Thu., Aug. 18	Jeff Davis	30	20	W	Alabama State
Thu., Aug. 25	vs. Lee Montgomery	44	51	#Won	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. Stanhope Elmore *	19	0	W	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Sep. 9	@ Northview *	38	0	W
Thu., Sep. 15	vs. Russell County *	65	6	W	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Gadsden City	28	14	W
Thu., Sep. 29	@ Carver Montgomery *	55	7	W	Cramton Bowl
Sat., Oct. 8	vs. Dothan *	38	0	W	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Sidney Lanier *	13	10	W	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Oct. 21	vs. Clay-Chalkville	56	17	W	Cramton Bowl
Fri., Oct. 28	OPEN
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Saraland	45	7	W		1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 11	@ Bessemer City	52	26	W		2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 18	vs. Blount	54	51	W		3rd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 25	@ Opelika	23	41	L		Semi-finals Playoffs

2016 Season Totals
Record	13-1
Points Scored	560
Scoring Average	40.0
Points Allowed	250
Defense Average	17.9
Opponents Record	76-82
Region Record	6-0
Home Record	8-0
Away Record	4-1

2016 Class 6A Rankings
Date	Week	Rank	Record	Votes	Source
8/3/2016	PS	7	(8-3)	103	ASWA
8/23/2016	1	7	(1-0)	110	ASWA
8/30/2016	2	9	(1-1)	41	ASWA
9/6/2016	3	8	(2-1)	58	ASWA
9/13/2016	4	8	(3-1)	86	ASWA
9/20/2016	5	8	(4-1)	95	ASWA
9/27/2016	6	7	(5-1)	116	ASWA
10/4/2016	7	7	(6-1)	123	ASWA
10/11/2016	8	7	(7-1)	119	ASWA
10/18/2016	9	7	(8-1)	123	ASWA
10/25/2016	10	7	(10-0)	132	ASWA
11/1/2016	Final	7	(10-0)	150	ASWA

2016 Class 6A Region 2 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			Region/Area Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Park Crossing	13-1	560	250	3-1	174	125	6-0	228	23	Smitty Grider
Sidney Lanier	8-3	225	199	0-1	6	24	5-1	135	85	Marvin Cunningham
Carver Montgomery	5-6	277	316	0-1	22	23	4-2	153	139	Billy Gresham
Dothan	4-7	117	239	0-1	7	15	3-3	76	118	Kevin Jackson
Stanhope Elmore	4-6	287	307				2-4	171	168	Mike Dean
Russell County	1-9	122	341				1-5	82	225	Dwight Jones
Northview	0-10	149	356				0-6	93	180	LaBrian Stewart

2016 Player Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Jake Lane	K/P	Sr.	6-1	150	AL-MS Game
Kameron Green	DB	Sr.	5-8	165	All-Star Game
Malik Cunningham	QB	Sr.			Super 12		ASWA

2016 All State Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Cameron Bright	LB	Sr.	6-1	210	2nd	ASWA
Jake Lane	K	Sr.	6-1	155	1st	ASWA
Jia Langford	DL	Jr.			HM	ASWA
Malik Cunningham	QB	Sr.	6-1	185	1st	ASWA
Marcus Jenkins	OL	Jr.	6-4	328	1st	ASWA

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