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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.





Briarwood Football Team History


Briarwood Lions
Briarwood Christian School

6255 Cahaba Valley Rd. Birmingham, AL 35242
Stadium: Lions Pride Stadium
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Fred Yancey
Region: 5A-R4
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Team Home Summary Coaches Games by Year Opponents Players Rankings NFL Playoffs OT

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1973  <-- 2001 <- 2002 -> 2003 --> 2024
2002 Season Highlights
 Fred Yancey enters his 13th season as Head Coach at Briarwood.
 The Lions won the Class 5A Region 4 Championship.
 
2002 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 30  vs. Vestavia Hills    21   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 6  vs. Jess Lanier   *  7   18   L       
 Fri., Sep. 13  @ Thompson   *  17   14   W       
 Fri., Sep. 20  vs. West End   *  34   12   W       
 Fri., Sep. 27  @ Pleasant Grove    28   27   W       
 Fri., Oct. 4  @ Brookwood   *  42   7   W       
 Fri., Oct. 11  @ McAdory   *  22   19   W       
 Fri., Oct. 18  vs. Jackson-Olin   *  41   15   W       
 Fri., Oct. 25  vs. Homewood   *  20   17   W       
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Athens    21   7   W       
 Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 8  vs. Valley    35   6   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 15  @ St. Pauls    24   17   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 22  @ Williamson    42   14   W       3rd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 29  vs. Homewood    25   35   L       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 
2002 Season Totals
  Record12-2
  Points Scored379
  Scoring Average27.1
  Points Allowed215
  Defense Average15.4
  Opponents Record97-68
  Region Record6-1
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record7-0
2002 Class 5A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
8/1/2002PS 2(12-2)180 ASWA
9/4/20021 3(1-0)251 ASWA
9/10/20022 9(1-1)50 ASWA
9/17/20023 7 (2-1)97 ASWA
9/25/20024 7(3-1)91 ASWA
10/2/20025 7 (4-1)107 ASWA
10/9/20026 6(5-1)125 ASWA
10/16/20027 5 (6-1)152 ASWA
10/23/20028 5(7-1)134 ASWA
10/30/20029 4 (8-1)201 ASWA
11/6/2002Final 3 (9-1)192 ASWA
  
2002 Class 5A Region 4 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Briarwood 12-23792153-1126726-1183102  Fred Yancey
Homewood 14-15912125-01971196-128073  Bob Newton
McAdory 9-3317981-142155-216160  David Powell
Thompson 7-43011920-129354-3166127  Ricky Seale
Jess Lanier 5-52051644-3138120  Jerry Dismukes
Jackson-Olin 3-71272362-588195  Michael Clisby
West End 2-81342371-680180  Jim Tyus
Brookwood 1-9813310-732271  Jack Cook

2002 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Briarwood Players on File.

2002 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Anthony CartwrightOL Jr. HM  BN
 Brad ActonDL Sr. HM  BN
 Charles HokeTE So. HM  BN
 Charles HokeTE So. HM  ASWA
 Joe CraddockQB Jr. HM  BN
 Simeon CastilleDB Jr.6-1175 1st  BN
 Tim CastilleRB Sr.5-11220 1st  BN
 Tim CastilleRB Sr.5-11220 1st  ASWA



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