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Jeff Kelly stepped down as the head coach at Jackson and was replaced by Danny Powell during the off season. Powell had been very successful at nearby Leroy so the expectations were high for the upcoming 2011 season.            The offense returned key personnel at the skilled positions while the defense would be made up of younger players with less experience. Senior quarterback Dustyn Moseley would be counted on to lead the 2011 Aggies.            The Aggies did returned veterans on both side of the football. They include; QB Dustyn Moseley, RB Ladarius Bowe, OL Kyle Andrews, WR Jaron Johnson, DB Elliot Pugh, DL Quincy Baldwin.            After a trip to the Super Six in 2009, last year's squad finished with a 9-4 record.

Jackson 21            41     Clarke County 0   0   0   6   6

Jackson opened the season with a 41-6 win over Clarke County behind the running of Ledarrius Bowe who finished with 82 yards on nine carries and scored three first quarter touchdowns. He did not play in the second half as the game was already in hand for the Aggies. The defense limited Clarke County to 104 yards of total offense and Gary Bryant scored on a 59-yard fumble return.

Jackson 14   21   10   12   57     Saraland 0   0   0   7   7

The Jackson offense rolled up 187 yards rushing and another 202 through the air as they dominated Saraland 57-7 in week two of the season. The defense held Saraland to just 160 yards and collected two fumble recoveries. The win gave the Aggies a 2-0 record on the young season.

W.S. Neal             6     Jackson             45

Ledarius Bowe raced 60 yards on the first play from scrimmage as the Aggies rolled to a 45-6 win over W.S. Neal in week three. Bowe finished the night with 132 yards rushing on nine carries and added 44 yards on four pass receptions. Quarterback Dustyn Mosley completed 13-of-21 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns to lead the effective Jackson offense.           The defense dominated all night and held Neal to 57 yards rushing and forced five turnovers.

Jackson 13   6   21   0   40     UMS-Wright 7   0   7   0   14

Jackson trounced UMS-Wright 40-14 behind the play of quarterback Dustyn Moseley in week four. Moseley completed 14-of-23 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as the Aggies dominated the game. Jarren Johnson ran for two scores and caught two passes for touchdowns.           The Aggies ran out to a 19-7 halftime lead and scored three touchdowns in the third period to put the game away with a 40-14 lead. Jackson outgained the Bulldogs 352 to 137 yards in a game thought to be closer before the opening kickoff.

Jackson 14   0   7   16   37     Leroy 7   0   0   6   13

Moseley threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns as the Aggies rolled over Leroy 37-13 to run their record to 5-0 on the season. The No. 2 ranked Aggies racked up 507 yards of offense while the defense registered a safety and got a touchdown on an interception return by Thomas Pugh. Ledarrius Bowe rushed for 205 yards on 21 carries and scored a touchdown in the third quarter.

B.C. Rain             14     Jackson             47

Once again Ledarrius Bowe was the star of the game as he scored three touchdowns to pace the Jackson Aggies to a 47-14 win over B.C. Rain at Legion Field in Jackson. Bowe finished the night with 84 yards on just seven carries.           Jarren Johnson had a pair of receptions for 81 yards and returned a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. The win pushed Jackson's record to 6-0.

Jackson       0   0   55     Monroe County             8

Jarren Johnson returned a kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown and quarterback Dustyn Moseley tossed four first half touchdown passes as the Aggies dumped winless Monroe County 55-8 the next week. D’Elsie Jemison caught four of those touchdown passes covering 47, 27, 44 yards. Moseley finished the evening completing 8-of-11 passes for 158 yards and the four scores.           The Aggies scored all 55 of their points in the first half as the reserves took over after the break.

Escambia County       0   0   7     Jackson             49

Jackson led 42-7 at the half and coasted to a 49-7 win over the Escambia County Blue Devils to run their record to 8-0 on the season. Ledarrius Bowe scored five touchdowns on runs of 3, 2, 31 and 5 yards and caught a 29-yard touchdown pass as the Aggies were unstoppable in the first half. The starters did not play after intermission.

Thomasville 7   0   2   0   9     Jackson 0   14   7   7   28

No. 1 ranked Thomasville traveled to No. 2 Jackson the next week to face the Aggies. After going home with a 28-9 defeat there was little doubt about who was the top ranked team in Class 4A. The win also locked up the Region one championship for the Aggies.           Moseley completed 14-of-21 passes for 232 yards and scored a touchdown on a short run in the first quarter to set the tone for the game. After falling behind 7-0 to the Tigers, Jackson responded with 14 points in the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead into intermission. Moseley scored his second touchdown from 7 yards out late in the third to give Jackson a 21-9 lead. Bowe added a 29-yard run in the fourth to put the game away.

Jackson             52     Greene County             6

Jackson finished the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record after defeating Greene County 52-6. Moseley completed 11-of-15 passes for 275 yards and four touchdowns in the first half to lead the Aggies. Jarren Johnson caught two of those scoring passes covering 52 and 47 yards.           The undefeated season was the first for the Aggies since 1979.

Sumter Central 0   7   0   0   7     Jackson 7   14         35

The Jackson Aggies used the same formula as they had all season long in defeating Sumter County 35-7 in the first round of the playoffs. Running back Ledarrius Bowe and quarterback Dustyn Moseley paced the offense as Bowe rushed for 184 yards and Moseley tossed two touchdown passes. Bowe scored on runs of 39 and 30 yards for the Aggies.            Jackson jumped out to a 21-0 lead and led 21-7 at the half. In the second half it was all Aggies as they added two more touchdowns and kept Sumter County off the scoreboard.

Beauregard 7   7   0   0   14     Jackson 9   28   7   0   44

Moseley threw three touchdown passes, Jarren Johnson and Bowe each scored a couple of touchdowns as Jackson blew out Beauregard 44-14 in the second round. Johnson returned a kickoff 95 yards for one score and ran for another. Bowe caught a 72-yard scoring pass as the offense clicked all night.           Jackson led 37-14 by halftime and tacked on one more score in the third as the defense played well the entire game. Moseley finished 14-of-24 passing for 262 yards, 242 by halftime.  Bowe ran for 107 yards on 18 carries as the Aggies advanced to the quarter-finals of the playoffs.

Jackson 14   7   14   14   49     Bibb County 0   14   14   0   28

Ledarrius Bowe rushed for 207 yards on 21 carries and Dustyn Moseley passed for 177 yards and four touchdowns as Jackson beat Bibb County 49-28 in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. Jackson led 14-0 after the first quarter only to see the Choctaws come back to take a 28-21 lead in the third quarter. The offense took control of the game as Moseley scored on runs of 11, 22 and 8 yards and threw a 47-yard scoring pass to Jarren John in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.           Johnson finished the evening with 6 catches for 124 yards. The win set up a rematch with UMS-Wright for the chance to travel to Tuscaloosa for the Super Six championship game.

UMS-Wright 6   6   0   2   14     Jackson 7   9   3   7   26

Running back Ledarrius Bowe picked up the slack when quarterback Dustyn Moseley went down with an ankle injury in the first half of a 26-14 win over the Bulldogs of UMS-Wright in the semi-finals. Bowe responded with 200 yards rushing and carried the football on nine of ten plays on the game clinching drive in the fourth quarter.           The Aggies led 16-12 at the half and extended it to 19-12 by the end of the third period. UMS-Wright picked up a safety as their only points of the second half and the Aggies held on for the win and a chance to return to Tuscaloosa.

Oneonta 0   7   14   7   28     Jackson 7   21   0   14   42

Jarren Johnson scored three touchdowns while catching ten passes for 188 yards to set a Super Six record. He also ran for another 98 yards as a replacement for the injured Ladarious Bowe after he was sidelined with a first quarter injury. Lakendrick James also set a record with a 94-yard interception return for a touchdown.           The Aggies jumped out to a 28-7 lead by halftime and coasted to a 42-28 win over the Redskins of Oneonta. Johnson scored on receptions of 54 and 17 yards and added a scoring run of 25 yards. The Redskins clawed back to tie the score at 28-28 in the fourth period before Moseley found Antonio Fox on a 75 yard scoring play with just under seven minutes to play. Moseley finished the game with 298 yards passing and completed 17-of-28 passes in the game.           The victory gave the Aggies their first state championship since 1979 and a perfect 15-0 record.           Dustyn Moseley, defensive lineman Embrell Vaughn, offensive lineman Kyle Andrews and defensive back LaKendrick James were named to the first team all-state squad by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. Jarren Johnson and Ledarrius Bowe were selected to the honorable mention team. Head coach Danny Powell was named the coach of the year. Jackson 2011 8/25 41 Clarke County . . . . . 6 9/2 57 Saraland . . . . . . . . . . 7 9/9 45 W.S. Neal . . . . . . . . . 6 9/16 40 UMS-Wright . . . . . . . . 14 9/23 37 Leroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9/30 47 B.C. Rain . . . . . . . . . 14 10/7 55 Monroe County . . . . . 8 10/14 49 Escambia County . . . . 7 10/21 28 Thomasville . . . . . . . 9 10/27 52 Greene County . . . . . 6 11/4 35 Sumter Central * . . . 7 11/11 44 Beauregard * . . . . . . 14 11/18 49 Bibb County * . . . . . 28 11/25 26 UMS-Wright * . . . . . . 14 12/2 42 Oneonta # . . . . . . . . . 28 647 15-0 181 * Playoff game # State championship game 2011 Jackson Aggies No. Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. 1 Devonte' Bush   Jr. 5-8 165 2 Kelvin Burden Jr. 5-10 150 3 Marquez Jackson Jr. 5-11 195 4 Quentin Hunt Jr. 5-10 180 5 Embrell Vaughn Sr. 6-2 215 6 Lakendrick James Jr. 5-9 175 7 Thomas Pugh Sr. 6-1 170 8 Gary Bryant Sr. 6-2 190 9 Tykie Davis So. 6-1 170 10 Kyle Poellnitz Sr. 6-0 185 11 Dustyn Moseley Sr. 6-1 185 13 Cleb Anderson So. 6-2 160 14 Brannon Christian Fr. 5-7 132 15 Shavon Howard Sr. 5-8 155 16 James Bernard Jr. 5-9 160 17 Cody Cabaniss So. 5-10 160 18 D'ersie Jemison Jr. 6-0 185 19 Chris Pate Sr. 5-11 173 20 Jerel Foreman So. 5-6 155 21 Noland Perine Sr. 5-11 170 22 Christopher James Sr. 5-9 175 23 Ledarrius Bowe Jr. 5-7 165 24 Trayon Nash Sr. 6-0 185 25 Jarren Johnson Jr. 6-1 190 26 Kirk Poelinitz So. 6-0 165 27 Chris Peyton-taylor So. 5-8 155 28 Demarious Jackson Jr. 6-0 175 29 Tykieth Davis So. 6-0 260 30 Anthony Hunt Fr. 5-7 142 31 Macuz Gilmore So. 5-11 150 32 Kourtland Coleman Sr. 5-10 180 33 Jamaal Bryant Jr. 5-8 135 34 Jaylon Brown Sr. 6-0 190 35 Cortez Williams Jr. 5-9 180 36 Jeffrey Goodwin Jr. 5-10 210 37 Antonio Fox Fr. 6-0 155 38 Jerel Merida So. 5-9 150 39 Deshawn Hunt So. 6-2 215 40 Malcom Williams So. 5-11 190 41 Randy Bumpers So. 6-0 170 42 James Richardson Sr. 5-9 160 43 Gavin Bryant So. 6-2 201 44 Javante Jackson Fr. 6-1 145 45 Curtis Donald Jr. 6-1 140 46 Patrick Harbuck Fr. 5-4 120 47 Lamarcus Bush So. 5-5 175 48 Kennis Robinson Jr. 6-2 225 49 Quincy Phillips Fr. 5-11 170 50 Xavier Beck Sr. 5-8 261 51 Austin Pugh So. 5-11 206 52 Parker Woodson So. 5-8 165 53 Tristan Moore So. 5-5 192 54 Darlus Mills Jr. 6-0 190 55 Andre Ezell Jr. 5-11 265 56 Devante Hamilton Sr. 6-0 260 57 Daron Philon Fr. 6-1 306 58 Hunter Harris Jr. 5-6 170 59 Wesley Thompson Sr. 6-1 300 60 Kyle Andres Sr. 6-0 270 61 Tyler Hayes So. 5-9 230 62 Tyrus Horn Jr. 5-10 242 63 John Sheffield Fr. 5-10 198 64 Robert Carlisle Sr. 6-1 200 65 Eastwood Thomas Fr. 6-3 222 66 James Ezell Fr. 5-7 320 66 Horace Williams Fr. 5-9 180 67 Jaquece Kidd Fr. 5-5 180 67 Robert Williams Fr. 5-10 170 68 Quincy Baldwin Sr. 6-3 270 69 Tavaris Kidd Fr. 5-11 195 70 Adarian Hunt Fr. 6-0 225 71 Travis Hayes Sr. 6-3 300 72 Edward Hunt Fr. 5-11 201 72 Deveion Galvin Sr. 6-2 225 73 Kyser Hunt Fr. 6-3 216 74 Dejoun Barnett Sr. 6-1 270 74 De'tron Burden Fr. 6-11 232 75 Jalen Jackson Fr. 6-11 225 76 Kristopher Guy Jr. 6-10 240 77 Jevel Creer So. 6-0 275 78 Shaquille Scott Sr. 6-6 365 79 Lane Autry Jr. 6-0 260 80 Jaquece Morris So. 5-11 180 81 Nathaniel Hawk So. 5-7 140 82 Tannin Reeves Jr. 5-9 140 83 Jake Brown So. 5-10 110 84 Akerius Hunt Jr. 5-6 165 86 Karon Brown So. 5-10 130 87 Tyler Gunter So. 5-11 160 88 Cameron Stabler Fr. 5-5 135 89 Antony Stephens Fr. 6-0 140 90 Seth Schultz Fr. 6-1 185 92 Joseph Windham So. 5-3 120 95 Keshavian Hunt Sr. 6-0 165 98 Josh Bass Fr. 6-3 167 99 Dameyune Fox Fr. 5-8 130

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